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[Tricky]

Please could someone offer some advice regarding feather loss on the neck area.

 

For the last tweleve momnths my Pepperpot has been missing feathers on a good part of her neck, at the front.Everywhere else is normal and she is not in moult. Due to the length of time she has had no feathers on the front of her neck I would think that this is permanent loss.

 

I cannot see any sign of mites or lice so was waondering what this might be and how I might prevent this happening again. I9 thought it might be due to her old age but I might be wrong.

thanks

[Plum]

Hi, well my first thoughts would be is someone pecking them out but you say there is no sign of regrowth. So it could be that she needs a supplement to stimulate refeathering.

 

Or maybe the feathers were broken off so they won't regrow until she moults. My Pepperpot was 3 when I lost her but she never had a moult so I guess she wouldn't have regrown broken feathers

 

You could try a short spell on supplement like Lifeguard which has the trace minerals and some extra protien and see if it works.

[Egluntyne]

She could be rubbing them off on the feeder.

[Tricky]

My Mrs Pepperpot who is now 7 and still laying eggs ( ) had exactly this problem last year when she didn't grow all of her neck feathers back after her annual moult.All the others, as you say were fine. She didn't look her best and I initially thought it was down to her age. However after her recent moult they have all grown back to their former glory and she is strutting around feeling very pleased with herself

So, based on my experience you may have to wait until she moults again.

[Tricky]

what a silly chump, I saw this post and read it very briefly thinking this is what happened to my Pepperpot so I posted the above message only to realise it was me who posted the original message.Oh well,at least i have answered my own original question

[Snowy]

I thought I was imagining things when I saw your reply