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Someone mentioned this in a previous post...and it caught my attention..I had never heard of it, until a few weeks ago. A friend is fostering a female ekkie that has this..or they may be ruling it out...anyone know anything about it? What species does it affect? I can't find the post...so I don't know if it was a cockatoo that had it or if it was another bird in the flock here...Thanks.

Here's a link, Cyndie:

http://www.exoticpetvet.net/avian/foot.html

I'd never heard of it either and thought at first it might be the most severe form of what's so unfortunately named "bumblefoot." But it's different.

Here's another description, by a vet I don't know, Louise Bauck, DVM:

... Last year I attended the Association of Avian Veterinarians Annual Conference in New Orleans. Several interesting presentations were given that involved the foot... One well known but frustrating skin problem affecting the feet is called Amazon foot necrosis. This simply means that the skin of the foot experiences patches of devitalization (loss). Ken Welle, DVM, from the United States, spent some time discussing the latest in theories about the cause of this disorder, while Pat Macwhirter, DVM, from Australia, documented some excellent pioneering work on the study of allergens and their role in this and similar diseases. Allergies are poorly understood in birds, but veterinarians have long speculated that certain substances such as tobacco smoke, hand lotions, cosmetics or food ingredients might play a role in some skin diseases of the bird...

I hope the ekkie responds to treatment.

Paca

Thanks so much...the allergy thing makes a lot of sense...I know from friends that have ekkies..that their diet is quite a bit different than my flock....where there aren't any ekkies..I need to delve into the allergy studies a bit more..Did you meet Shauna at the AAV? I'm sure she was there...She's also a member here. Thanks again, so much..

Cyndie wrote:...Did you meet Shauna at the AAV? ...

No, that wasn't me -- that's my excerpt from Dr Bauck's article You're very welcome. I would love to meet Shauna. I have two of her paintings, and she has my utmost admiration.

Paca

Shauna has paintings????

She does, watercolors of birds -- had you guessed? When I bought mine, the proceeds were benefiting Gabriel. She probably still does that, knowing Shauna. They're good! I don't have a link handy to her website, but Cyndie might.

Paca

Yes, Shauna is quite the artist..I have several....you can go to the Birdbrain site...under artists.....My favorite is Under the canopies...