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The wire is only on the bottom and the sides is a real thin mesh netting, whats really weird is just befor the ends of her tail feathers its almost like a hard plastic coating wraps around the feather its self. I spoke to my husband and Im going to try to find a vet in our area that sees birds as well and see if he cant give us a diagnosis on her so I can to the bottom of this and get her better. Shes going to be inside my house until Spring because I dont want to put her out in the cold.
Oh, Shay, I'm sorry you are going through this

Other people can give you more help on the medical side of things, but wanted to say that the coating on the feathers is probably the keratin sheath, usually it comes off or is groomed off, but she may not be grooming effectively since the poor thing hasn't been feeling well.
Hope she is better soon, soon, soon!
