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Query Psittacine Disease in Gang Gang Cockatoo 3 months 3 weeks ago #3554

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Hello, I took these pictures of 2 Gang-gang cockatoos feeding (low light conditions). Initially I thought one bird may have been a juvenile male given the red head feathers are not fully formed.  However, I also noticed that the beak on both the male and female seemed a bit deformed. I am wondering if anyone knows if this is possibly an indication of the beak and feather disease, Psittacine? If so, is there somewhere it should be reported to in the ACT?

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Query Psittacine Disease in Gang Gang Cockatoo 3 months 3 weeks ago #3555

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Hi Meredith,
The female looks fine to me. Just looks like she hasen't wipped her beak clean and it has a bit of food build up on it. Bit hard to tell with the angle of the photo of the male but i think it's ok as well for the same reason. He does look to me to be a pretty old bird though, not a juvinile. He looks like he has a lot of feathers missing around his face which is quite common in older birds.
Cracking photos by the way 
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Query Psittacine Disease in Gang Gang Cockatoo 3 months 3 weeks ago #3556

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Thank you, I appreciate the guidance.

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Query Psittacine Disease in Gang Gang Cockatoo 3 months 3 weeks ago #3557

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As an ACT resident I am not aware of any reporting process for beak and feather disease in the ACT.  It is reasonably common, and I doubt it would be practical to maintain a reporting process.  It is most often seen in Sulphur-crested Cockatoos in my experience, which may just reflect that these birds are common and often interact confidently with people, so it is more noticeable.  I agree with Russell - if these birds have the disease, it doesn't seem very advanced;  but there is not much to be done in any case.

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Query Psittacine Disease in Gang Gang Cockatoo 3 months 3 weeks ago #3558

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Thankyou Simon, that's useful to know. 

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