|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
| Home | Register | Blogs | Social Groups | Bird Shows & Event Calendar | Toplist | Mark Forums Read | Links Directory |
 |
|
|
|
LinkBack | Thread Tools | Display Modes |
06-16-2008, 09:53 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Our new African Grey preens alot
We just purchased a 4 month old Africa Grey and she preens her feathers alot. Is this normal? We are worried that she is stresssed out.
|
|
06-16-2008, 10:24 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
It's normal unless she's chewing on them. :) Our budgies are always attending to their feathers. They're either eating, sleeping, preening, or chittering. Those feathers are really a lot of work to keep neat.
__________________
Beth Momma to 2 kids, two little budgies Tweeter and Chirp, and little baby Buzz - Hahn's Macaw (5-14-09)
|
|
06-17-2008, 01:58 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Welcome and congrats on the new baby! Birdies preen themselves avidly. If she's just preening it sounds fine. If she's itchy, it might be lice or mites- do you know how to check for them? There's plenty of treatments available if it is. Is she chewing them or plucking them out? I don't think it's anything to be alarmed about, just thought I'd bring up some possibilities :)
__________________
 Zygodactyls:  Female Rainbow Lorikeet Ashling  Male Cinnamon Cockatiel Peanut
|
|
06-17-2008, 07:07 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
congrats on your baby....
greys do preen alot... mine preen non stop....guess they wanna make sure they live up to their stunning reputation! 
__________________
"Wisdom is the reward for listening over one's lifetime"....
 www.thegreyroost.com My Angels waiting at the Rainbow Bridge  ~~ ~~ Sampson Bell (CAG) Otis (TAG) Polly (OWA)
|
|
06-17-2008, 08:13 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
She also could be going thru a molt and they preen more then
__________________
When God allows a person to die while doing what he loves the most, That person is truly blessed. -L. Dudley Marlee
 Calypso - Harliquin  Lizzy -  Buckeye and Charlie -  Willow -  1  ,3 finches,4 grasskeets 7 bloodhounds,2 blue heelers,2 jack russels, 4 horses, 1 cute pony , One pair of Peafowl
|
|
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads
|
||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| New- African Grey Forum | Freedomoflight | African Greys | 3 | 09-19-2009 10:15 PM |
| African Grey Spotting | CamelotCrazee | Lost & Found | 8 | 05-23-2008 06:13 PM |
| LOST - African Grey - Chicago, IL | tschelitzche | Bird Rescue & Re-Homing | 12 | 04-02-2008 09:17 PM |
| Yuor Grey African May Like It!!!!!!!!! | fatma | Bird Board Discussion | 4 | 02-28-2005 09:26 PM |
Linear Mode
