Gizmo

donnanorm · Post by **donnanorm** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 4:12 am

Some more pics of my baby

Post by **Lauren** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 4:19 am

Very cute! Looks quite young. :wink:

Can I ask what the lil smudge is where the nares are? Looks like a blood spot.

donnanorm · Post by **donnanorm** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 4:28 am

Lauren wrote:Very cute! Looks quite young. Can I ask what the lil smudge is where the nares are? Looks like a blood spot.

Hi, we were wondering that ourselves,it was there when we purchased him/her, Gizmo came from an avery is about 10 weeks old,we thought maybe it was bitten by one of the other Irns.

Post by **Lauren** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 4:46 am

My Yoda had that too when we picked him up from the breeder. But it was very small and I didn't really notice it until we got home. I originally thought it was a bit wet or dirty around the nares since Yoda had a dirty tail aswell. It cleared up in a week though. The avian vet couldn't say either because it cleared up. Anyone help on this one?? I wondered what happened to my Yoda too. I was thinking the same. Maybe got a scratch or a nip from brothers or sisters in the avary?

donnanorm · Post by **donnanorm** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 4:56 am

Lauren wrote:My Yoda had that too when we picked him up from the breeder. But it was very small and I didn't really notice it until we got home. I originally thought it was a bit wet or dirty around the nares since Yoda had a dirty tail aswell. It cleared up in a week though. The avian vet couldn't say either because it cleared up. Anyone help on this one?? I wondered what happened to my Yoda too. I was thinking the same. Maybe got a scratch or a nip from brothers or sisters in the avary?

Yes maybe thats what happend Gizmo got nipped ,Gizmo was in the avery with Mum/Dad Bro or sister,Nobody else has mentioned about the mark,mind you this is the kind of close up photos ive put on the site,we let Gizmo out for the first time yesterday so I got some photos,weve had our baby 5 days today,and is settling in great has started coming when called so they must learn very quickly or its just pure luck

,Should I get the Mark checked out if not gone in a week or so it just looks like a crusted raised lump,could be blood or dirt im unsure

Post by **Lauren** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 5:04 am

Always a good idea to take a trip to the avian vet when getting a new bird. :wink:

Dani03 · Post by **Dani03** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 8:15 am

Awww...what a little cutie

Dani

Jay · Post by **Jay** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 3:47 pm

Lauren wrote:My Yoda had that too when we picked him up from the breeder. But it was very small and I didn't really notice it until we got home. I originally thought it was a bit wet or dirty around the nares since Yoda had a dirty tail aswell. It cleared up in a week though. The avian vet couldn't say either because it cleared up. Anyone help on this one?? I wondered what happened to my Yoda too. I was thinking the same. Maybe got a scratch or a nip from brothers or sisters in the avary?

I see wounds sometimes on new fledglings since they fly all over the place on their first few days outside the nest box. Since they are not yet good at controlling their flight, they bump their faces everywhere and sometimes cause injury especially in the nare area.

This applies mostly to parent-raised IRNs but hand-raised IRNs are also prone to it when learning how to fly.

If the wound seem to get worse coupled with abnormal beak growth and lesions, seek avian vet help immediately.

Post by **Lauren** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 10:27 pm

Thanx Jay. I forgot all about it until I saw these pics. Yep, Yoda and his siblings were crashing all around the place at the breeders. They'd take off going 'splat' into the avairy mesh. It looked like it hurt, but I guess all lil birdies have to learn to fly just like we learn to walk after a few grazed knees. :wink:

~*Gwennie*~ · Post by **~*Gwennie*~** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 7:19 am

what a sweetie

Post by **kyria** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 3:33 pm

what a sweet little baby blue

Jay · Post by **Jay** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 3:44 pm

Blue seems to be very popular lately. I had 4 hand-fed Blue babies this season and they were the first to go. And I had three other callers this past weekend alone and they all wanted Blue IRNs ....

Hmm... I guess I should start raising the prices on Blues? :lol:

Post by **kyria** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 5:53 pm

too right ! :wink:

julie · Post by **julie** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 7:51 pm

My hubby wants me to breed a blue for him and pretty muchly everyone wants a blue baby that comes to my house.

donnanorm · Post by **donnanorm** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 8:06 am

we only had the choice of 2 blues as thats all that was available at the time

Post by **Lauren** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 5:17 pm

We were originally going to get another green. But I couldn't resist the blue as sky blue is my fave colour.

mattyboardman · Post by **mattyboardman** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 5:25 pm

has the marks cleared up or are they still there by any chance ? i would exspect it to be when they was learning flying also but im learning about IRN so i dont no what else could cause it