Waterproofing

Geordie · Post by **Geordie** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 12:14 am

Hello all,

Do birds ever have problems with their oil glands? Raff these days seems to be getting soaked to the skin every time he takes a bath, before he would get a bit wet the same as Riff but I was thinking that his oil gland might not be producing enough oil for him to coat his feathers...apart from that he appears perfectly healthy and normal, going about his business as usual.

Any thoughts.

Cheers
Geordie

mickp · Post by **mickp** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 5:18 am

cant help you at all with this Geordie hopefully someone will be able to

dfcauley · Post by **dfcauley** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 1:50 pm

I don't know the answer to that either, but sometimes my birds will bath and I hardly recgonize them they are so wet.

poohbear · Post by **poohbear** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 3:12 pm

If Raff is a duck....Worry.
If not....don't

Can't really help...Sorry.
Paul.

Geordie · Post by **Geordie** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 8:25 pm

Raff isn't sure what he is, sometimes he thinks he is mole because he tries to bury himself into everything, including my dinner

Post by **Sally** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 10:07 pm

Is he being more vigorous with his bath? Some of my birds barely get wet, while others bathe until they are drenched--maybe he is just getting wetter.

Geordie · Post by **Geordie** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 1:14 am

Aye, he goes crazy in the water and will often have 2 baths off the trot, totaling about 6-8 a day, he doesn't just flutter around in the water either, he will totally submerge himself. I wonder if he thinks he is a fish...

He loves it when I drop an ice cube in the water also, he can't seem to figure out why it disappears and will continue looking for it.

Post by **Sally** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 11:56 pm

Geordie wrote:He loves it when I drop an ice cube in the water also, he can't seem to figure out why it disappears and will continue looking for it.

That is too funny!

chinchilla · Post by **chinchilla** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 8:50 pm

i had a duck like this. you know how they are waterproof, they'll get wet on the outside but the skin stays dry? well this one duck would absolutely get soaked when ever she wet, she would then get waterlogged and start sinking in the pond !!

i don't know if it an oil gland problem (on the duck or your finch), so i can't help with that, just make sure he doesn't get waterlogged