[header] How to treat psittacine beak and feather disease in lories and lorikeets [title] Look for missing feathers. [step] Check the feathers on their wings and tail. Watch out for feathers that fall out easily.
[header] How to treat psittacine beak and feather disease in lories and lorikeets [title] Look for missing feathers. [step] Check the feathers on their wings and tail. Watch out for feathers that fall out easily.
Lorikeets tend to develop beak and feather diseases more often than lorikeets. [substeps] Also, look for bald spots on their heads. You can also get feathers from tummies that have fallen out easily. It's a good idea to keep quarantined bird crates inside the house. If the base of the feather feathers seem to be missing, then you have psittacine beak disease. Don't spray home cleaned cleaning products on affected areas of your lorikeets' feathers. You might also see bleeding at the molting site. These symptoms are common in birds infected at a young age.