Re: No feathers why?
Posted: 03 Nov 2018, 19:54
Is there a large number of sources of pet birds in Taiwan? Or are you very restricted in where you can get birds?
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Thank you for your careful reply, I try my best to make it a little better.Rod_L wrote: ↑03 Nov 2018, 13:36 This must be something fairly new and I would agree with you that it's probably a genetic condition. I use to keep gouldians back in the 80s and they never had that problem, although a lot of the stock back then was wild caught. So it is possibly from poor genetics caused by inbreeding the weird colour varieties.
When buying birds to breed, try to get them from different shops or suppliers so you have more chance of getting unrelated birds.
Feed the birds a varied diets including dry seed, green grass seed, various fruits & veges (including dark green leafy vegetables), boiled egg mixed with crushed cornflakes, and have clean water, mineral grit, an iodine block & cuttlebone available all the time.
If you have a canary with the same issue then there could be other factors involved including mites (get some Ivermectin from a vet to treat that), stress, chemicals in the environment (if they are indoor birds make sure they are not exposed to fumes from cooking, hair sprays, perfumes, deodorants, cigarette smoke, etc, or near an air conditioner or heater).
Make sure they have a good varied diet and add a vitamin supplement each day.
Make sure they get some sunlight each day, but avoid putting them out in midday sun because they will get sunburnt. Put them out in the morning and make sure they have some shade and increase the amount of time they can get sunlight. But not too much because birds can get skin cancer too.
Yes, they have sunshine.
There are a large number of bird sources, often exported to other countries.finchbreeder wrote: ↑03 Nov 2018, 19:54 Is there a large number of sources of pet birds in Taiwan? Or are you very restricted in where you can get birds?
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