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#1 ·
Hi,

For some time now Angel has way too much dirt and I'm wondering how to remove them. I'm trying to hold her on her back so I can slightly rub the dirty feathers but she won't let me, I've tried other ways too but no success, she goes angry bird on me. She has just finished her 2nd molt and feathers looks like they've all grown. I think the dirt came from her eating style (playing or sitting in foods) and playing and whatsoever that she does.
 

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#2 ·
I think she could be molting or she has some grey in her feathers! So cute. Take her to the sink and trickle water in the closed sink (make sure the water isn't very high and is on trickle). Maybe she would like to bathe in it! Also my son holds our bird's back and bottom under the trickling faucet when he has like, poop stuck on his foot or something.

Or get a nice sprayer bottle for birds. They mist out a nice even spray. I spray mine right in their cages (then change the soggy papers after). They seem to love it.

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Nono, she's definitely not molting as I said she finished her 2nd molt and the feathers are all grown because during the molt her neck was all itchy and feathers were like spiked. She's a lutino white faced (albino). The pics shown were right after I sprayed her for her bath. The thing is Angel has been concerned ever since I got her, she keeps on being afraid and panics anything unusual happening around her, that's why I'm having hard time to remove the dirt next to the sink or if I wet my fingers then gently rub her neck to clean them. I'm just wondering if there's anything else that could be done.
 
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