Dandruff?

[LucyP]

Hey all,

well Diablo is settling in well. She has recovered from whatever it was that was making her sick. But, she's got tons of dandruff or something. She sits on my shoulder and scratches herself with her foot for ages and all this white stuff gets all over me. She's not losing any feathers, there are only tiny pieces of down coming off her.. I don't get it! What's with the flakes? Should I be worried?

[AndreaFahy]

Dander from molting!! This is pefectly normal.

Raise her protein content via feeding legumes and bathe/shower her more often to help the new feathers come in.

[ArtS]

A nice shower will clean this right up!

There are several threads describing different showering techniques, just poke around and you'll find them.

Regards,

Art S.