[OwnedbyMacaws]

Originally Posted by Lungfish

So glad to hear M&M are doing well. Glad you remember to update us who are following this saga.

Are they showing some signs of re-feathering yet? Are they eating with gusto?

Lungfish, thanks for asking!

Yes, they are eating like crazy. At first they'd only take the seed and the pellets. The fruit and veggies got tossed around and out of the cage. But recently, Mal made an attempt at a grape and discovered it was quite good. Mickey decided if Mal could do it, so could he and now anything that gets put in the cage gets tasted promptly and mostly devoured. I'm happy to see it because they have quite a bit of ground to make up in the weight department. So far grapes, pears, corn on the cob and slightly nuked sweet potato seems to be the favorites. They also seem to like scrambled eggs.

And there are pins everywhere on them now with no signs so far of plucking! I have noticed that they will preen each other quite vigourously when they are out together though. I have a suspicion that this has a lot to do with what happened to most of their feathers. I have my fingers crossed anyway.