Avian Extended Details
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AVIAN-EXTENDED
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On Avian Health
Due to their unique anatomy, avian health is a topic different from many races. A healthy avian has strong wings, shiny feathers, clear eyes, sharp talons, and vocalises/flicks their wings and tail frequently.
Avians have a specific diet: sugar, carbohydrates, and protein are all required in large amounts to allow the bird to fly at the size they are. All avians as a result have a natural sweet tooth that they do not grow out of. Avian candymakers are often thought the best on Tirradyn because of this dietary requirement. While they can eat fruits and vegetables, they should not consume these in large amounts, as they fill the avian without providing what they need. The avian would then come down with �greens sickness�, appearing lethargic, nauseous, slow, and weakened until they finish digesting the greens and can eat something better for them. Insects are considered a treat to avians.
Avians must preen and care for their talons frequently. Dirty feathers make it hard to fly and unkempt talons become hard to use. If a talon is neglected, it becomes more likely to become �outgrown�, in which it forks and branches out. These talons snag easily, become hard to use, and are very unsightly. They must be filed down and applied a certain ointment as treatment. Treating an outgrown talon is painful and avian hatchlings, therefore, are taught to care for them with the same insistence human children are taught to brush their teeth.
Avians must flick their wings and tail frequently like how other races stretch. This keeps those limbs ready for action at any time, allowing fast reflexes in the air and fast takeoffs when necessary. Avians that don�t do this are often lethargic and unhealthy.
Avians that lose too many feathers to fly enter an incredibly dangerous spot. While most find this temporary situation benign, an avian won't because of their innate spirituality. Their situation causes extreme mental distress, which can result in very unhealthy coping mechanisms while they grow back more feathers. Unsupported, an avian could die in this situation. Not because they are helpless on the ground, but because they are so hardwired to be able to fly that the distress could easily lead to self-harm such as plucking and pecking. They may also molt uncontrollably when under unusual stress.
Due to their unique anatomy, avian health is a topic different from many races. A healthy avian has strong wings, shiny feathers, clear eyes, sharp talons, and vocalises/flicks their wings and tail frequently.
Avians have a specific diet: sugar, carbohydrates, and protein are all required in large amounts to allow the bird to fly at the size they are. All avians as a result have a natural sweet tooth that they do not grow out of. Avian candymakers are often thought the best on Tirradyn because of this dietary requirement. While they can eat fruits and vegetables, they should not consume these in large amounts, as they fill the avian without providing what they need. The avian would then come down with �greens sickness�, appearing lethargic, nauseous, slow, and weakened until they finish digesting the greens and can eat something better for them. Insects are considered a treat to avians.
Avians must preen and care for their talons frequently. Dirty feathers make it hard to fly and unkempt talons become hard to use. If a talon is neglected, it becomes more likely to become �outgrown�, in which it forks and branches out. These talons snag easily, become hard to use, and are very unsightly. They must be filed down and applied a certain ointment as treatment. Treating an outgrown talon is painful and avian hatchlings, therefore, are taught to care for them with the same insistence human children are taught to brush their teeth.
Avians must flick their wings and tail frequently like how other races stretch. This keeps those limbs ready for action at any time, allowing fast reflexes in the air and fast takeoffs when necessary. Avians that don�t do this are often lethargic and unhealthy.
Avians that lose too many feathers to fly enter an incredibly dangerous spot. While most find this temporary situation benign, an avian won't because of their innate spirituality. Their situation causes extreme mental distress, which can result in very unhealthy coping mechanisms while they grow back more feathers. Unsupported, an avian could die in this situation. Not because they are helpless on the ground, but because they are so hardwired to be able to fly that the distress could easily lead to self-harm such as plucking and pecking. They may also molt uncontrollably when under unusual stress.