Please help me with my bird

[Andri187]

Hello

I was wondering if you could help me with my parrot. It is * as far as I know * a red fronted amazon. I don't know the age or gender of the bird. I've had it for 3 years now and he seems fine exept for few things i will later on talk about.

INTRO

I am from Iceland and the bird is imported. While that progress the bird was quarinty with another bird who died in the progress, my bird survived it but he'd teared of all his feathers.

He one time try to fly and flew into a wall and i beleave broke his leg. One of his tose at least looks little odd after that..

I feed him with normal parrot pet food and water, and occasional apple and nuts. I have a big cage but he's never in it he's always on top of it.

POBLEM
Problem with him his that every winter he tears his feathers of, and all year he tears his fly weathers of. Wehn some one he does not know or comes close in darkness he breaths like he's having an asma attack. He is very shaky standing on a stick. I sometimes get the feeling that he does not have the energy to hold on to it. When i take him on my finger and put him to my face he feels really warm. Wondering if he could catch a flue and have high feaver. He also is'nt very playfull he just wants to be left alone on his stick most of the time and hates other birds.

I was wondering if you could help me to found his age and gender help me find out why he tears of his feathers and maybe give me some tips about his breeding:
Is his diet wrong, does he need some special diet
Am I petting him wrong
Do I need a UV bulp to keep him warm in cold iceland

Sorry about bad spelling,

I'll add pics and video if needed
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Andri Þór Arnarsson
andrith187@hotmail.com

[Andri187]

Here is my bird.. sorry i miss spelled we beleave it's a white fronted amazon not a red... honest mistake :)

[Wilder]

Originally Posted by Andri187

Problem with him his that every winter he tears his feathers of, and all year he tears his fly weathers of.

I can't comment on everything, but as for tearing feathers: my parrotlet will chew her feathers in the winter because the air gets dry and makes her skin itch. I take her into the bath with me and she sits on a perch in the steam, and that helps her itchy skin. I also bathe her every day to help. How often is your bird getting a bath?

What sort of things are in the bird's food? Is it just seed, or does he eat cooked foods and vegetables too? He may chew his feathers from something that is missing in his diet. What about toys? Does he have things to chew on and play with?

These are just some thoughts; hopefully someone with more Amazon experience can help.