This is my pet cockatiel, his name is Sam and we found him, he has had these really scruffy feathers for ages and we really want to know what it is. We haven't gone to the vet because it isn't effecting him. As I said before, his feathers have been like this for ages! A while back he had a bald patch on his front..it gradually went away, but now it is back again! The scruffy feathers have effected everything but his head
And his tail isn't as scruffy as the rest of his body..He hasn't got a very good diet because he prefers human food to bird seed. We give him pasta, rice, corn chips, potato chips..and we encourage fruit and vegies. Very rarely we give him wine..he loves the stuff so much, he'll try to stick his head into the glass and get some unless me take it away from him!
Any help would be appreciated!
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