Cockatiels

My daughter is taking some pictures of them right now as soon as we can get some uploaded I will post them . What is safe to get rid of parasites in birds? I have never had to deal with that before.

What ever you do dont provide a nest box
Have you seen them grooming each other and removing the feathers
I never had to deal with parasites, but google might be able to help.

yeah i have seen them picking and grooming each other. And they were mating last evening . We have had them 2 days now.

This might sound daft, but has the female ever laid eggs,
Just curious because some young birds, males, often simulate mating, and it might explain the excessive grooming
How old are they?

Hold on, I just had a thought, or rather that husband of mine did
He is asking if the birds are Lutino Cockatiels. Lutino,s often take a lot longer to achieve full feathering,
Just as well he is here to keep me right

They are normal greys. I just called the mom of the girl we got them from . She said they have had them for 2 years . They had rescued them from some place where there were kids tomenting them. They have another one that has all her feathers . I would think if it was parasites that the other one would be scrappy looking too.

Oh yeah from the way she talked they havent ever laid eggs yet.

Well it sounds to me like you have got 2 over exuberant males, lol
Take them to the vet and get them checked for a parasite
If they had been distressed due to being tormented, the feathers would have growed back by now

Great I probley have a couple of nancy birds... Lol I will call my vet and see what she says . Thanks for all the input. If i can find a way I will post those pics aarika took of them.

I have a couple of Orange Winged Amazons, I think you saw them before, like years ago, and I thought they were male and female, well the werent, the were both girls but they tries to mate like a male and female,
Funny thing was even after both had laid eggs the penny didnt really drop,
Thought it was one that wouldnt stop laying until I saw the other one laying an egg with my own eyes,
200 quids we paid for a boy bird, lol

these pics arent the best

They are very skitish and dont want us taking their pics

Thanks Gabs. I will see what I can get done about looking for something. I know when we had the snakes we had to put some stuff their cages to keep the mites from them.

Never spray a bird with anything until you know what you are spraying!!
Seriously bad idea,

That is why I said to get something for Mites, just ask at the Pet shop and show a Photo of the Birds and if not sure then ask the Vet

But have a look in the Petshop first as I am sure you can get some Spray for it

Thats what you said!!!

If it is a paparsite, it will be something like this one, its quite common and has spread to other types of pet birds as well, as people have become more prone to having multi specie avaiaries
Myialges Nudus:

This mite is most commonly found on members of the brotogeris species (such as captive grey cheek parakeets). However, this mite has also been identified on other species of birds. Flies and lice may be involved in transferring these mites to other birds.

Myialges causes severe itching. Infected birds become very debilitated, lose feathers, suffer weight loss and develop red, scaly, thickened skin. If untreated, death occurs within several months.

Diagnosis is by clinical signs and identification of the mites in scrapings from the skin.

Infected birds are treated with Ivermectin.

We have over 100 birds in our aviary now, I think I know the protocol,