Although I regularly try, I still haven't been able to get calm, pretty photographs of the Finsters. They all still get flutterpated and nervous when I open the door of the Finsterium with the camera in my hands. Silly Finsters.

Oolong is relatively calm, but even she won't pose long enough for me to get a proper close up of her ears, which are unhampered by feathers. (Here is a closer view of this picture, not very clear.) Birds' ears are very interesting, small holes in the sides of their heads, and you can see both of Oolong's. We love her ears.

Her feather damage is unique: the top of her neck and the bottom of her head are bare (which is why you can see her ears). She doesn't have the "head-on-a-stick" phenomenon. Instead, one visually assumes she has a pretty, fluffy feathered body, no neck, and a particularly small, naked head sitting right on top of it.

Szechwan (Pepper) is peeking out in the photo of Oolong, here he is by himself: He is the perfect example of a "head-on-a-stick." Not that that's a good thing. Feather damage all along his neck, a bit down his back, and moving up his head. Remember when he first arrived, and I wondered if he'd grow back any feathers? Well, that hasn't happened. I can't say for sure about the feathers on his neck, but I do know that his head keeps getting balder. You can't tell in this photo, but the top of is head is practically bare. His ears are still covered, though.