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I just picked up a pair of cocaktiels for breeding. they are proven breeders last year. but, the female just went thru a molt, and now I have noticed she isn't perching right......more like she is leaning on her perch with her belly?? not upright like they normally perch. I have had them for about three weeks. she sneezes once in while, but could just be dust.....the person I got her from thinks that she is overweight....but when I first picked her up, I noticed she was holding her wing down, and there was a bloody spot at the "elbow", but it wasn't broken. looked like maybe when he got her out of the cage, he roughed her up a bit, and sprained her wing. it seems like it healed, cause she isn't holding it down anymore....just doing the weird "lazy" perch. I don't know if those two issues are related, but, figured I would throw that out. their diet is mostly pellets, little bit of seeds.....started giving them veggies(they never had them before, it was an all pellet diet.)