VMD 513: Pet animal Breeding, Management, Nutrition and Health Care (1+1)

GROOMING

• A well nourished, healthy bird will have a magnificent coat of shiny, glossy feathers to show off.
• Birds with dull, off colored, broken or tattered feathers are prime suspect for disease.
• Preening is work a bird does on its feathers to maintain their beauty and function.
• Birds have two to three thousand feathers, and each of these much cleaned of dust and dirt, untangled, fluffed, lubricated and properly replaced in its special position every day.
• This work, A healthy bird will spend much of its waking hours caring for its coat.
• Pet owner can help encourage this very important activity by
  • Bathing
  • Molt
  • Wing trimming
  • Nail trimming
  • Beak trimming