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samijo
Bappie
Joined: 12 Jun 2005
Posts: 90
Location: STOCKTON |
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i was just wondering how often parrots molt and is it different with different species?
its just the past couple of days i have been coming down and finding loads of frankies feathers on the bottom of his cage.
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Thursday October 13, 2005 4:14 pm |
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Cheeta
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Joined: 06 Apr 2005
Posts: 7956
Location: Australia |
Hey Sami
As far as I know, molting are different for each bird!!  some molt really fast and loose all their feathers pretty quickly, and some just takes forever and have little burst every now and then... Apollo is the slow one, he's been molting for like 9 months now!! Blah.... I don't think he'll ever stop molting... grrrrrrr |
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Thursday October 13, 2005 4:21 pm |
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Cathy
Kamikaze pilot
Joined: 02 Apr 2005
Posts: 6673
Location: Omaha, NE USA |
Manu seems to go through almost a continuous molt, that isn't quite as obvious as a bird that molts all at once. But the avian vet has told me that that's not at all uncommon, or unhealthy for house birds.
It sounds like Frankie may be going thru a molt. I can't remember how old he is off hand, would this be his first time molting, that you are aware of? I freaked out the first time Manu went thru a molt! I really panicked! But I think that was his first molt ever & there were piles of feathers! It's never been like that again since then tho. |
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Thursday October 13, 2005 6:16 pm |
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samijo
Bappie
Joined: 12 Jun 2005
Posts: 90
Location: STOCKTON |
hes a year gone september, and yeah its the first one that i now of but when i got him he had bald patches all over him but it was where he had been plucking but all that has stopped now 
ther has been about 9 feathers on the bottom of the cage the past 2 days,
i have looked at them and it dont look as tho he has plucked them out!
but cheers for your quick replies!
sami and frankie |
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Thursday October 13, 2005 6:35 pm |
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Chaquita's Mom
Experienced flier
Joined: 29 Jun 2005
Posts: 1028
Location: Pennsylvania, USA |
Chaquita has been molting for about 3 months now. I know she's not plucking because when she's grooming, one will drop without a peep from her. Even if it's a primary or a tail feather. If they squack when the feather comes out then it could be plucking. But it sounds to me like molting. She lost a tail and 2 primary in 2 days and she probably wont lose anymore of those for about 3 weeks. It'll be crest and back feathers now, again. |
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Thursday October 13, 2005 7:46 pm |
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samijo
Bappie
Joined: 12 Jun 2005
Posts: 90
Location: STOCKTON |
he has just flew over to me and he has lost a chest feather he defo aint plucking them they are all over! from where he has been flying about 
my little sister is having great fun picking the tail and primary feathers up she has a collection of about 7 from the past 3 days, she said shes saving them to make him a picture of him
bless her |
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Friday October 14, 2005 8:32 pm |
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ksue
Flier
Joined: 05 May 2005
Posts: 484
Location: Melbourne Australia |
oh thats beautiful......what a sweety!!!! My place also looks like a pillow exploded both my tiel and kakariki are moulting there are little white ones from the tiel and green and grey ones from the kak....my young daughter hunts around for the "big ones" she is stashing them somewhere in here room not sure what shes doing with them though???  |
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Friday October 14, 2005 9:08 pm |
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samijo
Bappie
Joined: 12 Jun 2005
Posts: 90
Location: STOCKTON |
lol, they are so cute when they do things like that
she has a rather large collection at the minute and everytime any one goes near them she keeps shouting at us, even if its to get the tv remote which she has pinched lol
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Saturday October 15, 2005 9:24 am |
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koukouvagia
Fledgeling
Joined: 18 May 2005
Posts: 300
Location: Melbourne |
lol... I collect Pepe's molted feathers too  . They're just so pretty and colourful, some of them have all colors of the rainbow on them. I figure one day I'll use them to make something pretty. Heh, I guess I have the brain of a little kid |
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Saturday October 15, 2005 10:12 am |
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ksue
Flier
Joined: 05 May 2005
Posts: 484
Location: Melbourne Australia |
I must admit I hate to throw some of them away I sit and look at them and feel them....they are so beautiful espcially tobys flight feathers.....but then I think what the H@#$ can I do with them and chuckem LOL |
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Saturday October 15, 2005 10:22 am |
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Cathy
Kamikaze pilot
Joined: 02 Apr 2005
Posts: 6673
Location: Omaha, NE USA |
LOL Ksue, that's like me! I pick them up & examine them closely for any possible abnormalities & think "I know I should save these for something", then toss them  |
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Saturday October 15, 2005 1:38 pm |
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samijo
Bappie
Joined: 12 Jun 2005
Posts: 90
Location: STOCKTON |
i have the very first one he lost whilst he has been with me and stuck it in his book but then again thats probs me just being sad, i think its the colours of them that she like,
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Sunday October 16, 2005 9:02 am |
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cindy
Egg
Joined: 06 Aug 2005
Posts: 8
Location: portland, me |
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Hi fellow bird brains!
First a quick funny about fallen feathers. My husband picks out a couple of especially colorful and good sized feathers that drop from our blue-front amazon,"Mayzie". He sticks them in the hasp on the strap in the back of his b-ball caps. We take Mayzie everywere with us, taking turns being human (shoulder) perches. It's become an interesting challenge for my husband to invent new ways to fasten the feathers securley enough so Mayzie can't remove them!! I'm sure she's caught on to the "game" and I secretly time her,now!
I'm hoping for some advice;info;opinion; whatever you may have to offer. Mayzie is just turning two yrs old and has incredibly beautiful markings. Her 'blue front' is interspersed all through the yellow on most of her head. Until these past few days,that is. She did just go through a pretty active molt, but this is new. The blue is sparse now and she appears to be ragged and thinning of plumage right above her beak. Otherwise happy and healthy. All other feathers really great.Is this worthy of a call to the doc? Or a natural phase of molt?
Thanks for listening!
Typical Mom?!
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Sunday November 6, 2005 1:47 am |
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Cheeta
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Joined: 06 Apr 2005
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Hi Cindy,
How long has Mayzie been molting for? Has she stop feathering out with new blood feathers? I mean have you noticed anymore new ones coming through? Generally, if birds go through a heavy molt, their feathers do tend to thin out a bit before 'filling' out again back to it's 'original' state.
I haven't had a heavy molt with my cockatoo, but with my budgies, when they go through a heavy molt, they do look really ragged. But they usually come back alright. As with the colours sometimes, the pigments do sort of fade therefore the new feathers coming through may change a little expecially with through a heavy molt.
One of my chooks, she was really dark brown all over when I got her, but she went through a heavy molt, and now she's all speckled!! well she's now sort darkish red brown with light brown specks all over her now!!
I'd say keep an eye on her... As long as she's happy and healthy and eating well and acting normal, I'd say she's doing ok. Probably just the molt. You can always also keep an eye on the poop, they are usually the first indicator that something is wrong. Good luck. Please let us know how Mayzie goes!! Cheers
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Sunday November 6, 2005 4:32 am |
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Parfie
Fledgeling
Joined: 14 Oct 2005
Posts: 387
Location: Prineville, Oregon, USA |
Cindy,
I'm sure it's just a molt, she sounds healthy and happy.
What most Blue Front owners don't understand is that there is a subspecies of the Blue Front called the Yellow-Shouldered. I actually had a Yellow Shoulder, but like you, didn't find out until he lost most of the blue on his forhead. They generally have extensive yellow on the bend of the wings. Sometimes 'white' behind the forhead yellow. And again, as Cheeta said, it all just could be that Mayzie lost her colorful feathers first and it's probably a big molt for her. |
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