A parrot's feather can tell a tale-
When we first adopted Kami, I noticed that she had stress bars. These are 'incomplete' parts of the feather than run across the feather, perpendicular to the feather's quill. These undeveloped parts of the feather show stress that caused the parrot's body to not develop the feather, but deal with the stressor...
Parrot Feathers Indicate Health Or A Lack Of
Parrot's feathers are similar. They are a good indicator of a parrot's health. A luminescent, full feather shows health and normal growth. A weathered feather can show different problems - for example, Tink, our Green-cheeked Conure has nerve damage (which is why she was given to us - it was assumed that she was learning to fly and flew into a window, injuring herself). The nerve damage impedes her from being able to fly or control her feet well. Fortunately, she can eat for herself, but unfortunately she used to get seizures. To deal with her seizures we created Tink's CBD oil, which minimized her seizures (she hasn't had them for several months in a row now, we are fortunate and grateful for her results thus far). Parrots are not accustomed to having very much fat in their diet. In nature they would only have fat in their diet during what I call the 'fat' season, or the time of year (generally winter) when plants release seeds. In late spring and summer there is rarely a lot of fat available for most parrots. These are more lean times so that parrots mate and have their clutches (babies) in early winter and spring when their is more promise of nutrition and food available for them and for them to feed their babies...
Stress Bars Indicate A Stressor
When we took Kami to Dr Clubb, she instantly noticed the stress bars too. She said that it looked like either something scared her or, more likely, she was sick. Based on the stress bars, Dr Clubb counted several days worth of stress, which suggests illness.
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