Feathering

Hello, I have a molting red factor canary. I added one half teaspoon of Cantaxithin into one half pound of Orlux red factor egg food. Do you think this sufficient, or to much? They say what they don't need they excrete. Is this correct? Thank you.

Dr Rob, I have many Gouldians and have bred successfully for a number of years. This year I have quite a few females with bald heads. They have no mites or other visable skin infection. They seem very healthy and some have bred young. They have a good balanced foreign finch, charcoal, iodine block, egg shell, cuttlefish, greenfood, gg food and a water mineral supplement.

I recently acquired a group of finches from a pet store that was going bankrupt. In the group, there is a male Gouldian, 2 Societies and several Zebra finches. They are all housed in a large cage together. I have noticed that the color in the Gouldian is faded and looks like he is losing feathers. I have never witnessed the other birds picking on him, but have not ruled that out as a possibility.

We have 2 Gouldians, we have noticed recently, a lot of small pin feathers coming out near the head & neck area. That is on both of them. Other than that, they are eating well, singing...Hope you can help us...thank you...Ira

Hi Dr. Rob, Yikes, the breeder treated the canaries with lice spray for two weeks. I picked the birds up yesterday. When I caught two of the birds, they still had lice! The lice were clustered on the small of the back just above the preening gland, unless you were looking for them they would have gone unnoticed: the birds are in good feather still singing and bright.

Hi Dr. Rob, Have bred Gouldians for 18 years with very few problems. Recently moved all the birds [90] to new birdroom, also bought in. About 7 weeks ago they started to scratch vigorously, loose feathers, and small pieces of flakey skin fall off. They seem worse after being handled and after bathing.