Puteh Tails Feathers

Puteh Tails (FanTail)

Nowadays it is very rare to see a Fantail Puteh...

A bird's tail consists of a tailbone, a set of flight feathers, and a layer of covering feathers at the base of the tail. The tail serves a number of aerodynamic functions.

The number the tail feathers by counting outward both right and left from the central most pair of tail feathers. For instance, both the right central tail feather is number one and the left central feather is number one. We count outward to the outer right and left tail feather respectively. For example, the outer right and left tail feather of most songbirds is number six, meaning that songbirds typically have six pairs of tail feathers.

Without their tail feathers, flying would be a pretty difficult chore. It acts as a rudder to provide stability and control steering of direction of a bird’s flight, and it also helps the bird land, take off, and change altitude. When not flying, many birds use their tail feathers as supports when on the ground or climbing the sides of trees.

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Gather some fruits for Puteh Birds

Fruits are an integral part in food for Puteh, it replenishing the nutrients for the birds. Even wild birds are also often looking for fruits to eat. The following are some fruits that Puteh enjoyed.
Puteh hobbyist knows of any other fruits, please add-on, looking forward for suggestions to share and improve.



This is my personal opinion, taken from reality whom have been feeding Puteh birds. These fruits would not do any harm to Puteh bird. 

Gather some fruits for Puteh Birds

Apples/Bananas/Papayas: Dry and not dirtying the cage, very suitable for birds.

Oranges: During hot weather, cooling for birds, especially to detoxify.

Cooling effects

Cucumber/Luffa/ water chestnut/: Helping Puteh to grow excellent conditioned silky plumage (Especially during molting). 

Tomatoes/Carrot: Help the Puteh build up brilliant beautiful colours.

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Improve Mata Puteh Performance

Taking care of your Mata Puteh and improve its performance.

When a bird is subject to sudden change of diet (or inconsistency) you will notice some of this:
a) Going into molt even if it is not time yet for molting. 
b) Sudden drop in form
c) Watery droppings.

Taming Puteh, expose him more on human interactive and bath him more often. Example: At least 1 a day, as time goes by he will be settle down quite easily. Meanwhile, get yourself a bath cage for Finch/Mata Puteh; transfer your Mata Puteh into bath cage whenever you do the maintenance work Example: Top up water/food/cleaning to prevent your bird from escape and suffer serious head injury.

A bird depends very much on its feathers to be able to fly AND more often than not, its plumage will help determine whether it will get a mate. Any bird - whether a Jambul or Puteh or a Hornbill - will spend lots of time preening themselves to ensure their most precious possession, their feathers, are in tip top condition.

During molting period, I even bathe the bird with rice water. Rice water will helps the plumage of birds to grow excellent brilliant condition. It smoothen the feathers when it grows thus giving the bird with finest beautiful plumage.

If you have observed birds in the wild, the ones with poor plumage condition will almost never get a mate and more likely to be chased away by other male birds whose plumage are in excellent brilliant condition.

The moral is: - the more often you bathe the Puteh (or any bird) you can be sure it will be in top form.

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Signs Of Puteh Molting

Signs Of Puteh Molting

When a Puteh is subject to sudden change of diet/ inconsistency it will go into molt even if it is not the time yet for molting. Older birds need more fruit, they tend to develop too much “fire” with dry food and start to molt.

You will notice some of these:
a) Puteh becomes fluffy or 'fat' (sudden drop in form). 
b) Small pieces of feathers dropping (plucking feathers every now and then).
c) Growing of white “hairs” (especially over the top part from neck upwards).

Maybe you should have set up its cage with all the niceties of "Puteh" life like; a cut of papaya, water chestnut or luffa during this molting period. Fresh water, dry food and cover its cage fully with a piece of cloth completely. Slowly you may remove the cloth raising it higher every 3-4 days till it finished molting.

During molting period, bathe the Puteh twice a day. (Rice water will help up the molting process). The Puteh will grow excellent brilliant conditioned beautiful plumage.

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Puteh Cough

Puteh Cough

Went to bird shop today with my friend to see Puteh doctor, his Puteh having sore throat and cough. "Consultation" fee and medicine dropping cause $10.

This is what the Puteh doctor did and advises.

1. Using medicine drops from fridge and injection needle to drop @ Puteh beak. (nostril)
2. Rubbing Scatt on behind the Puteh's neck with cotton wool.

Advises:
Puteh do get a cough easily with cold fruits as we tends to keep fruits in the fridge especially the balances. (Place fruit out from fridge for about 30 mins before feeding it to the Puteh).

Stop feeding Puteh with orange, feed Puteh with mini cucumber instead and do not bathe the Puteh during this 2 days. 
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