Shirls, sam, Hezz, Marianne. Jo's beak

[suesbird]

Hi girls can you tell me if Jo has scaly face   She is going through a really bad moult and in a bit of a state.  I have invermectin 0.1% in, should I treat it?  I need to know quite quickly.  Thanks Sue. Xx. It's very flakey and discoloured.

[suesbird]

Ok I think I panicked abit. The black marks were poo, they have now come off. She has been in her pot for a couple of hours so that's where they come from. Her beak is not smooth and is pitted slightly. She is full of pinnies and thus last day or so she has started to come around. Do I leave it or put a little bit of oil onto it?

[Marianne Marlow]

From your photo I can't work out if it's the start of scalyface or not.

I'd treat Jo and Pip with ivermectin 0.1% anyway to be safe.

You can put a tiny bit of vaseline on just the beak, perhaps whatever it is will come off if it's dirt.

[suesbird]

Thanks Marianne. Do I put it between her shoulder blades?

[Marianne Marlow]

yes, i believe it's once a week for 3 weeks.

[suesbird]

Thank you, Hope Eve being a good girl. xx

[Marianne Marlow]

She's being a bit of a nightmare today. Husband had to go out and I was with Eve for about 3 hours, she had her bottle and then demanded another one an hour and a half later. She wouldn't let me put her in her Moses basket, just kept screaming. So I sat with her for hours, couldn't even go to the loo!

Thankfully he's home now and can take over.

[suesbird]

I know those days. Perhaps she's not liking the Moses basket now she's getting bigger, my grand daughter did the same so we put her in a cot and she was better. I always say you can't cuddle them enough, as they grow so quickly. She's a little cutie😘

[Hezz]

Back to Jo, I don't know how she might have gotten scaly mites, but if this was any other random bird, I would suggest you treat her for them as it sure does look suspicious to me. Any outside time when they might have been visited by a wild bird, perhaps?

Where to put the drop, I suggest back of the neck, rather than further down between the wings. They can preen themselves that far down; at the back of the neck they cannot reach.

[suesbird]

Thanks Hezz, no she hasn't been outside at all, and nothing has come in, even flies are not allowed in

[samwiseg]

Cant harm to treat both with ivermectin suesbird was wondering if it could be just a little calcium deficiency due to her moult tho?

[suesbird]

They have feather up for moults and a pro biotic twice a week. Hopefully she will pick up again

[suesbird]

Better pictures today

[Marianne Marlow]

Probably not scaly. But I'd still treat both her and Pip for peace of mind.

[suesbird]

Thanks Marianne, hope Eve being a good girl today😄