molt of plucking HELP

[key2011]

hi every one i have a young african grey and he is 6 months old i have noticed that his wing feathers look frayed and at the moment he has only got little red tail feathers i have found white, grey and red feathers in his cage he has now bald patch and he get sprayed once a day with room temp water and i have noticed he is also preaning alot as well could u plz help

[jules]

where is the bald patch? if it's on his wing something could be irritating him there,or he could just be over preening himself 

[key2011]

sorry it was ment to say NO bald patches

[feika]

If he's six months old then the moulting comes quite early to him, but that's not unusual, their first moult is the heaviest when they shed loads of feathers a day and get newer ones in their place. Take good care of him and give him lots of healthy foods such as veggetables and fruits.

And welcome to the forum from Ali/Captain.

[key2011]

i have been feeding veggetables and fruit for the past week should i give him seed mix as well

[billysprout]

Yes, he needs a variety of different foods for the nutrients. Welcome to the forum. 

[key2011]

took my parrot to the vet to day and he said the reason for the freyed and chewed feathers where just beacues the parrot was atention seeking nothing to worry about so every think is kk just need to put more things in for him to play with

[marilyn]

Great news,maybe try some foraging toys,so he has to keep busy to get his treat.

[jules]

ah that's good then,no bald patch. if this is just attention seeking,how often does he come out to play or have a fly around?

agreed more toys for stimulation,like foraging toys. roll up some clean news paper into balls and put some treats in the centres.place them in a cardboard box (small one,or shoe box or tissue box) he can then either have this in or out of his cage 

dont feed too much seed,more veggies than fruit. or pellets if you can get hold of them.

[key2011]

thank will do