feather plucking senegal

[abijen]

hello all. this is the first time on here..im hoping to find an answer for my mums senegal.hes 20yrs old but most of his belly feathers are fluffy white. he has bald spots on him in the areas he can pluck.he has a parrot seed mix with sunflower seeds .he has lots of different fruit and veg.he spends most of the day with my mum.hes out of his cage lots of that time.he also tends to have the shivers as though hes cold,even if the weathers warm.most of the time hes cuddly but he does bite sometimes.until this week he never spent time outside in his cage but he does spend a lot of time in the window.these symptons have been like this for years now buthes always been happy.until recently is going mad to yank his feathers out.he has also been flead so im hopefulmits not those.hope theres someone out there with a solution andvmake rocky feathery again.thanx for reading

[pennyandrocky]

first get him off the seed mix and replace with pellets. seed mixes are bad for birds i don't even know why they are still selling them.get him to the vet if there's been no major changes in his life to cause plucking after 20 years he may be sick.get a sun lamp if you can't take him outside window light is not enough he sould be going outside as much as possible in an outdoor cage or on a harness.

[marie83]

If he hasn't already been to an avian vet for a check up and testing you need to do that first.
Secondly his diet needs looking at like the previous poster said, please consider a base diet of pellets and feed more vegetables than you do fruits. You can sprout some of his seeds to make them more nutritious.
Third take a good look at his routines, training and interactions and see whast you can improve on. Same with his cage, toys and other things to do to keep him stimulated and occupied.

If you need any suggestions everyone can help you with that but the main thing is making sure there are no medical/nutritional issues which is the most likely thing.

[abijen]

Thanx both for your replies. We are going to book him into the nearest avian vet ASAP. I will keep the forum posted. Thankyou again