POUL 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Feather-Plucking, Vitamin A Deficiency, Wing Clipping
26 Mar 2018
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Common potential causes: anxiety, allergens, dry air (low humidity) Once habit forms cannot be broken, like humans biting fingernails. What starts the habit: boredom, bad wing clipping job or continuation of nesting behavior, metal toxicosis (zinc and lead, skin infections or impacted feather follicle, vitamin a deficiency, thyroid problems, too many vitamin supplements, internal parasites, obesity. Goal is to provide a nutritious and balanced diet. Seed diets are not optimal: excessive fat, low sodium, low calcium, added minerals and vitamins, added pellets, dried fruits and vegetables. Seed diets lead to chronic problems over time. Colors and shapes of pelleted diets used to combat the boredom argument. Strive to have 80-85% of your (cid:271)ird"s total (cid:272)alori(cid:272) i(cid:374)take (cid:271)e fro(cid:373) appropriate pellets. The other 15-20% should be made up of fruits, vegetables, nuts, other human food. Green, short tailed, identified by head and neck colors as well as natural range. Central and south america, as well as caribbean.
