Rosita is an Amazon, about 40 years old. We live in the wilds of Greece, but have an excellent vet who has tended to our dog and cat, has met Rosita, but admits he knows little about parrots. And, Rosita is a yellow-shouldered (Barbadensis) so we had 'her' sexed when we learned how endangered they are. Seems Rosie should be called Ross, and the breeding program basically said "thanks, but we have enough males"
A few days ago we noticed 'she' had a weird dangly white thing hanging from her vent. Knowing a little about bird physiology I panicked and went looking for 'parrot cloaca prolapse' on Google, but it certainly isn't that. It's about 3/4" long, thin where it's attached, but a bit wider and slightly knobbly lower down. About the shape of an old-fashioned milk bottle, but a little irregular.
She's eating, drinking, pooping, singing and chattering like she's a spring chicken, but this white thing isn't going away. I shudder to think how far away the nearest psittacine-experienced vet is here, so we're torn about what to do. We won't start tugging on the thing, but tomorrow we'll give it a spray with tepid water.
That it's a pin feather 'down there' that's just accumulating poo has occurred to us.
Photos available if anyone can bear it, otherwise any clues gratefully received.
