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lemonypickett
06-20-2009, 07:05 PM
Does anyone know what the red spots on that lutino lovie in all those articles were?
LovelySydney
06-20-2009, 07:39 PM
I know what you are talking about because I literally was reading that issue when I was sunbathing a few hours ago!! = ) I think the red spots are just other points of color on the bird, but I cant be positive. I thought that too, but I dont think its anything other than coloring. My Oliver has a yellow spot on the top of his head - how random considering hes a parrotlet and usually greens are ALL green except for their eyeshadow and wing tips!!
bookworm0550
06-21-2009, 02:47 AM
i dont know. i know what you are talking about though. i was wondering that myself
lemonypickett
06-27-2009, 08:31 PM
I think that is red suffusion which is from poor diet.

Anyone else know what we are talking about?
bookworm0550
06-28-2009, 01:49 PM
wasn't that bird's owner one of the editors?
Eliza
06-29-2009, 06:26 PM
I think that is red suffusion which is from poor diet.

Suffusion (red or orange) isn't always from poor diet. Diet is one of the possibilities, as is liver function. And even those aren't hard and fast rules for suffusion.

http://www.africanlovebirdsociety.com/genetics/red.htm
lemonypickett
07-05-2009, 04:40 PM
Yes, it was the editor bird.

I was wondering what it was. Interesting mutation or whatever it is.