Feathering

I purchased a Swainson’s Lory in Nov 05. It started picking its feathers and appears to have some type of parasite. We have had it to the vet several times with no cure yet. Tried Ivermectin and now Cefadrops. The bird has no feathers on his chest and left leg and now starting down his back. There are yellow scales on its neck and leg and back where the feathers used to be. Any suggestions.

One more question. After molting my male orange-cheeked waxbill ended up with one white tail feather. How did this happen? Will it turn dark gray again with his next molt or will it stay white?

I have a pair of redhead normal Gouldians. They have lost their head feathers and they have not returned. What is their problem and what can I do to assist them in regaining their head feathers?

Dear Dr. Rob, I am writing you about Titan, a Senegal parrot, who started plucking last February, 2005. It started a couple weeks after we adopted another cockatiel and parakeet, both females. In the same room, is an African Grey, a pigeon, and at the time, three cockatiels. The Senegal was born 2/17/2000. Once the plucking began, I tried Profeda in his water.

Hi Dr. Rob I live in Puerto Rico and I just purchased a pair of Vosmary Electus from a person that was leaving to the gulf ,, he left the birds with his brother and his brother has no info on them. Well the male has pluck in the back and in the chest all the way down. I went to the vet, and they don’t know to much on birds down here.

Dr. Rob, How can you tell if a Gouldian has a ingrown feather (eye area)? It is swollen and yellow, he keeps rubbing it. I have tried colloidal silver drops, and a antibiotic ointiment! How do you care for this? Thanks ..Mick

What does it mean if both of the side wings are dropped slightly and not exactly in line with the back feathers.

Wondering what would cause Canaries to go into a soft molt. This - of course ruins any hope of breeding. They seem to just finish a molt and start another. Could this be related to a medical problem? I am not the only one seeing this in my birdroom. Reading your book on Canary Health and wondering if an antibiotic treatment would be a good idea. Would you recommend Baytril?

I have Society Finches that have some feather loss that seems permanent. They lose feathers on their upper chest, the nape of their neck, and over their shoulders. The loss is in patches. I have used S76 and I have sprayed for mites with no improvement. Any ideas? Thanks.

Hello, my red factor male canary will be molting soon. He dropped a couple big feathers, so i know from the past he's a few weeks away from a major molt. I noticed last week for a couple of days he would sleep almost all day on the top perch or on the floor, with his feathers all fluffed up. He was still eating his L'AVIAN CANARY SEEDS, Cede red egg food, and Petamine.