Advice needed: My IRN's beak seems to be peeling
Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 6:38 am
Hi there
Can someone please give me some advice. I have an six month old IRN, and recently his beak started to peel on the tip and and the sides of the beak. There seems to be a brighter colour underneath, but I am not sure if this is normal. He eats seeds as well as some fruit, vegs and a little bit of meat from time to time. Is this part of development, or is there a problem?
I have added vitamin drops to his water but that does not seem to help. He has gotten wooden toys but he doesn't chew it often. He also plucked some of his tail feathers out. Otherwise he seems fine.
Also, I have read that it takes up to two and a half years before you can tell the sex of a IRN. My IRN (green) is already showing a greyish ring around its neck. It also does these cute poses and dances, then regurgitates then tries to feed it to your mouth or toes. Does this mean it might possibly be a male, or is this normal for males and females?
Please advise
Can someone please give me some advice. I have an six month old IRN, and recently his beak started to peel on the tip and and the sides of the beak. There seems to be a brighter colour underneath, but I am not sure if this is normal. He eats seeds as well as some fruit, vegs and a little bit of meat from time to time. Is this part of development, or is there a problem?
I have added vitamin drops to his water but that does not seem to help. He has gotten wooden toys but he doesn't chew it often. He also plucked some of his tail feathers out. Otherwise he seems fine.
Also, I have read that it takes up to two and a half years before you can tell the sex of a IRN. My IRN (green) is already showing a greyish ring around its neck. It also does these cute poses and dances, then regurgitates then tries to feed it to your mouth or toes. Does this mean it might possibly be a male, or is this normal for males and females?
Please advise