- Jul 9, 2014
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Pheasants are only 4-5 weeks old. I know pheasants can be a bit nasty with each other, but is this the reason for such feather loss?? Only one is suffering mainly, with the back, sides, and some on the front of the neck and top of the head. They have quite a rich diet, and I give them live grubs and the like fairly often. So protein should be high. They seem to eat SO MUCH until their crops are ridiculous. Is it possible to over-feed?
I haven't seen feather plucking by others, or mounting, and there aren't feathers on the floor. It's mainly just this one out of the four we have but one other has some balding on the back. The others are completely fine, and this has happened only in the past ~8 days. Other than that it looks a bit unsteady on its feet occasionally (but I might just be imagining it; it is certainly more nervous). Could it be stress or is feather loss from that unheard of? Could it be mites? (although I see none, and the others are fine) or another disease?
Either way, what should I do? Should I put a "saddle" on, or some "anti-peck" fluid, or something to prevent infection if blood is drawn (no sign of blood but looks a bit raw).
And in terms of diet, should I should just give them more of everything, given that protein is already quite high?
Cheers
Oli
I haven't seen feather plucking by others, or mounting, and there aren't feathers on the floor. It's mainly just this one out of the four we have but one other has some balding on the back. The others are completely fine, and this has happened only in the past ~8 days. Other than that it looks a bit unsteady on its feet occasionally (but I might just be imagining it; it is certainly more nervous). Could it be stress or is feather loss from that unheard of? Could it be mites? (although I see none, and the others are fine) or another disease?
Either way, what should I do? Should I put a "saddle" on, or some "anti-peck" fluid, or something to prevent infection if blood is drawn (no sign of blood but looks a bit raw).
And in terms of diet, should I should just give them more of everything, given that protein is already quite high?
Cheers
Oli
