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Old 06-25-2009, 09:47 PM
sassa sassa is offline
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Thanks for the suggestions.

Ok, I clippped his wings, so he cannot fly now, it was about a month ago. When I clipped his wings is when he started plucking.

He has no mental issues and no bruses on his body, he's not bleeding anywhere, so I know he has no issues, accept that he plucked his feathers out. However I'm happy to say they are growing back and he's not plucking on hem, but just in case I wanted to know if there was any remedies, like ointment or something I could put on him for him to stopp just in case he started plucking again. I would only use it on him if I see that he started plucking, otherwise I wouldn't use it.

At first he didn't care for toys, but now he does jusssttt a little. He stopped plucking when I moved here. He love to sit by the window, and I believe that is his distraction from plucking. It's his favorit spot in the house.

He doens't have a cage, I bought a small travel cage and I only use the bottom part to keep his food. His water is in a cats small plate, enough for him to also bathe in it, which I change every other day because it's not dirty, it's away from food and he does not poop in the water.

His sleeping quarter is a separate cushion type log house. It's looks like a tree bark, only it's cushion and that is where he sleeps. I put a small wash cloth towel so it's extra soft on his feets. I take him up stairs with me to my bedroom and that is where he sleeps, during the day he stays down stairs with me by his large opened screened window of course.

He likes hearing the noises of the birds, which in turn he makes noises after them. I don't cage him. But I will buy a cage for him now sense he can't fly just in case I go out I will put him in there for safety, but after his wings are grown I will put the cage in storate.

How expensive are those products? If I can I will definatly try it only if I see that he is plucking again, but I can see him now, and I see his wings has some feathers and on his back are a few that is growing. I will keep an close eye on him, at the same time I'm trying to taime him as well. His eating habbits, well he pretty much only eat one thing right now, the mellets, he love them so much. I bought some seeds and he won't eat them. I had givin him veggies and he won't eat them. But I will keep on insisting with the food. He is still young right now, he's only 3 months old, he was born first day of spring this year. He will be four months July 21st.

Last edited by sassa; 06-25-2009 at 09:54 PM.
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