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[ste langton]

Hi, i have a 14 year old African Grey , she is a very happy bird thats always talking, Minnie`s only bad downfall is , she is a very bad Plucker, only her head and wings have feathers, she can still fly and i love her. She loves pistachio nuts.... Does any one know if these are good for her.....

 

[dianaT]

to you and Minnie.
Unsalted pistachio nuts are okay but obviously not too many of any nuts as they are all fattening.
Sorry to hear Minnie is a plucker, can we have a photo of her as we love photos, pluckers or not.

 

[JessCheekyMia]

, I too would love to see a photo of your beautiful grey. Bald or not they all are beautifully in my eyes.

 

[bikergirl Carol]

hi welcome

 

[Michael Reynolds]

Hello and welcome, i also have a grey girl that loves showing her chest.

 

[Wendy Cooper-Wolfe]

Hello and welcome - lots of very good information on this site and everyone is friendly.

 

[ste langton]

Hi, i have a 14 year old African Grey , she is a very happy bird thats always talking, Minnie`s only bad downfall is , she is a very bad Plucker, only her head and wings have feathers, she can still fly and i love her. She loves pistachio nuts.... Does any one know if these are good for her.....

Thanks to you all for making me feel at home ...

 

[ste langton]

Hello and welcome - lots of very good information on this site and everyone is friendly.

Thank you

 

[Michael Reynolds]

She is beautiful

 

[Michael Reynolds]

How long have you had her? Do you know what may of sterted the pluking, She is so like my Holly when she came to me,

 

[ste langton]

How long have you had her? Do you know what may of sterted the pluking, She is so like my Holly when she came to me,

She been with us now for app 6 years , she was like this when she arrived,we got her from a rescue.How does Holly look now

 

[Michael Reynolds]

the rescue did not pass on her hisyory, Holly Lost her original owner and his sons took holly on but she started plucking and they found they could not cope i have been working three years with her now View attachment 27789

 

[ste langton]

They look like bloody twins, thanks for that makes me feel better knowing im not on my own.. Is she still Plucking ?

 

[Michael Reynolds]

yes going by the way you discriibe Minnie they may well be twins, Holly is the most loving and gentle of my five greys but also the most humonised it took a long time to acceot that she is a bird

 

[ste langton]

Well i cried like a baby when i lost my staff but i think i will die if i loose Min she is so cute - funny - loving - clever and great company

 

[Michael Reynolds]

there are other members with half naked beauty's, what is her diet at the moment?

 

[dianaT]

Well Minnie you are gorgeous plucked or not xxx

 

[cazimodo]

Hello and welcome from me and my two. My Ziggy plucks (she's a Hahn's Macaw). I got her as a hand reared baby, so she's not been with another owner, but she's a very complicated wee bird. Totally bolshie, but very clever and loving. The first time she plucked was when we temporarily moved the cage to another room so we could put the Xmas tree up in the living room. I thought it would be alright as we were still in sight and she shares the cage with Frodo, but boy was I wrong! She plucked all of the feathers she could reach and chewed off both her wing and tail feathers!

They luckily all grew back when we moved the cage back, but she started again a few months ago. One side of her chest and under her wings (I keep joking with her that she's getting her underarms beach ready [emoji1]). We think it's mostly hormones now, but with Madame Ziggy you just never know. As I said, complicated.

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[ste langton]

there are other members with half naked beauty's, what is her diet at the moment?

Minnie is not on any special Diet , she eats the mixture from local Pet store and all the rest of whatever she likes. Have you any tips ?

 

[ste langton]

to you and Minnie.
Unsalted pistachio nuts are okay but obviously not too many of any nuts as they are all fattening.
Sorry to hear Minnie is a plucker, can we have a photo of her as we love photos, pluckers or not.

As you can see , a little fat would not go a miss.