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Foot Coloring and Age?

Postby pfinarffle » Wed Apr 21, 2010 10:27 am

I read over the Senegal eye coloring thread a few months back. It got me thinking. So I've noticed that since November when we first got our foster :senegal: his foot color has gotten somewhat darker. Back in the fall it was a fairly pink color, so pink that my parents (who once owned a Timneh Grey) asked if he was still a baby (our Grey's feet were pink when he was a baby then got dark grey with age). I know this isn't generalizable to all species of bird, but for those of you who've seen :senegal: 's age, have you noticed a change in the coloration of their feet/legs as they get older?

Incidentally, we have no idea how old ours is as he is a foster parrot at this point (though we'll likely adopt him in the next couple months). I was under the impression that he was fairly old, at least 10 years. Am uncertain, however. If only they could be aged by appearances alone!
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Re: Foot Coloring and Age?

Postby Michael » Wed Apr 21, 2010 10:51 am

I think the feet just get tougher and more callused. When they are babies, they often sit in a tank and don't do much perching. So I would suspect that is why.
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