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i think my green cheeked conure is sick2007-11-24 17:22:33

I have a few month old green cheeked conure that we bought at a pet store.

he's been fine up until now, we feed him pallets and seeds and fresh fruits and sometimes vegetables(he doesn鈥檛 like them too much) Recently though he began to pluck his feathers, and some might be falling out, I found one of his long tail feathers on the floor. His beak looks almost like its cracked like it as an overlap that growing underneath. I don鈥檛 know what鈥檚 wrong. He鈥檚 still supposed to grow an inch or two, could this be the reason, or could he be sick or could it be that he鈥檚 not getting enough vitamins, minerals like calcium?

Answers:

Take him to a good exotics vet!

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Sound like your bird is stressed out. Call the pet store where it was bought. They should be able to help you. Do you ever let it out of his cage, do you handle the bird? If he get out is there plants in your home? Some plants get the birds very sick.

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Sounds like your bird might be more like 10 months old to me.. I can not be sure about this but sounds like his beak is just sheding. If you can't see skin where he is picking feathers and he has a lot of pin feathers I would say he is just in a molt. Should be a little fussy too. It never hurts to get your bird a checkup. So maybe you should take him to the vet just to be on the safe side. But really I don't think any thing is wrong with him. Is his poop green with white in it? Not very watery? If so no problem.