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Post by Azalea on Jun 4, 2024 18:00:06 GMT
We've found some "perfectly good" Cockatiel feathers on the floor over the past two weeks or so. No blood, not ragged and dirty, etc. No obvious bald areas on the birds, no changes in behavior.
Are they simply molting? They will be two years old in September or October. (So they already had their first "big molt", when they lost their juvenile feathers.) |
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Post by Loz on Jun 4, 2024 18:11:08 GMT
We've found some "perfectly good" Cockatiel feathers on the floor over the past two weeks or so. No blood, not ragged and dirty, etc. No obvious bald areas on the birds, no changes in behavior.
Are they simply molting? They will be two years old in September or October. (So they already had their first "big molt", when they lost their juvenile feathers.) They certainly do moult, a normal activity for tiels and all avians, as far as I know. Coco arrived here at the end of a moult and Quincy has dropped a few small feathers. If you become concerned over your birds appearance, pics posted here will help but by the sound of things, your tiels look "normal" to you. |
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Post by Azalea on Jun 4, 2024 23:16:06 GMT
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Post by Hezz on Jun 9, 2024 1:36:57 GMT
If you haven’t noticed a decent moult in the time you have had them, then I’d say they are certainly due for a moult.
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Post by Azalea on Jun 9, 2024 13:42:14 GMT
Thank you, everyone.
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