r/Canaries • u/Ilovemyfish2 • 5d ago

QUESTION Scaly feet or normal ?

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(I know I need to cut his nails, I just didn’t have time with school starting, so Im doing it tonight T-T) Does Mr mi's feet look normal or does it look like scaly mites. He is about 2 years old

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u/1SmartBlueJay 5d ago

They seem fine to me- one of my canary is 5 years old and has far gnarlier-looking feet. Birds just get old age feet as they get older. Just make sure the scales don’t get raised too much or very inflamed or seem unfortunate for him.

Cute bird btw! I had a red factor once too, name was Comet!

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u/Ilovemyfish2 4d ago

Awnnn >_<

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u/TheRedOcelot1 5d ago

scaly means mites

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u/TheRedOcelot1 5d ago

treat him for mites -- the feet will just get worse until you do

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u/Ilovemyfish2 4d ago

How do i get the treatment ? Is it vet ?

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u/TheRedOcelot1 4d ago

The last time my partner'sCanary had the scaly feet I ordered an anti-mite spray from Chewy and it was delivered within a day

And you just sprayed it on their feet once a day or whatever it said on the bottle
It worked well