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Red factor/Suffusion

Postby ParrotsForLife » Fri Nov 11, 2016 3:10 pm

How can you tell if an African grey has red factor or suffusion? I met this African grey today and he had red feathers under the tail near his legs and around his neck and back.He is only a baby and is being kept for breeding and babies will be sold for €5000 wow they are normally €900-1000 for a normal grey.Someone on my Facebook group said this grey has suffusion due to bad diet which looks to be mainly sunflower seeds.
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Re: Red factor/Suffusion

Postby Pajarita » Sat Nov 12, 2016 10:21 am

You can't tell by just looking at the bird because a red feather is a red feather. You need a bile acids test because, when it's red suffusion and not a mutation, the liver is not working right and that's why the bird ends up with red feathers. BUT I have found that grays grow red feathers where they would have grey ones if they have plucked them for a while.
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Re: Red factor/Suffusion

Postby ParrotsForLife » Sat Nov 12, 2016 10:40 am

Pajarita wrote:You can't tell by just looking at the bird because a red feather is a red feather. You need a bile acids test because, when it's red suffusion and not a mutation, the liver is not working right and that's why the bird ends up with red feathers. BUT I have found that grays grow red feathers where they would have grey ones if they have plucked them for a while.

This baby is only around 4-5 months old so I doubt he was plucking and he seemed very happy talking and I think he really liked us too bad he's not for sale lol.We were wanting to get another African grey preferably a Male for Tiko and she isn't even here :( plus ill be bird sitting a Grey so its gonna be quite different.
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