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megnriley
Just hatched
Joined: 16 Mar 2007
Posts: 25
Location: Gainesville, Fl |
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Kozmo has been preening...alot. And it seems like he may have some pin feathers behind the head. Could he be molting? How often do tiels generally molt? |
Tuesday March 20, 2007 12:04 am |
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Cheeta
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Joined: 06 Apr 2005
Posts: 7952
Location: Australia |
sounds like he is molting. some birds may molt all year round, and some they molt twice a year, or even only once a year. so it really does depends on the birds.
My cockatoo, he molts all year round, with a couple of weeks of heavy molting a year, that's when all the bigger feathers like tails and flight comes out. other time of the year he's constantly loosing and replacing old feathers with new. |
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Tuesday March 20, 2007 4:30 am |
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Papug
Experienced flier
Joined: 16 May 2005
Posts: 1293
Location: Canada |
All birds always preen a lot 
My Papug generally molts twice a year - that's when he loses a lot of feathers and the new ones are growing at the same time. You can tell - the feathers are everywhere... His last molt happened exactly at the same time as my lovebirds molt. I could make pillows from all the feathers floating around  |
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Tuesday March 20, 2007 4:57 am |
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Fluffy Sue
Joined: 13 Jan 2005
Posts: 10060
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I think it's molting..  I don't know if tiels molt a lot. |
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Tuesday March 20, 2007 10:18 am |
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A11ycat
Just hatched
Joined: 05 Jul 2006
Posts: 32
Location: N. Ireland |
Generally I found my tiels moult once or twice a year, and it definately sounds like yours is moulting, you will also find the larger feathers (wing and tail) coming out which you might not usually find. But most birds will preen at least once a day. |
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Friday March 30, 2007 10:36 am |
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Cheeta
Moderator
Joined: 06 Apr 2005
Posts: 7952
Location: Australia |
Meg, how's Kozmo's molt going? I bet he's looking like a gorgeous handsome boy now with all his new feathers!! |
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Wednesday April 4, 2007 8:26 pm |
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scatnat
Bappie
Joined: 06 Mar 2007
Posts: 60
Location: Hertfordshire, UK |
quote:
Originally posted by Cheeta
sounds like he is molting. some birds may molt all year round, and some they molt twice a year, or even only once a year. so it really does depends on the birds.
My cockatoo, he molts all year round, with a couple of weeks of heavy molting a year, that's when all the bigger feathers like tails and flight comes out. other time of the year he's constantly loosing and replacing old feathers with new.
I have found all my birds to be different, my Tiel molting all year where as my ringneck has a big molt once a year.
Am i the only sad one that saves all the feathers!!!!!!!  |
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Sunday April 8, 2007 9:30 am |
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SarahME
Fledgeling
Joined: 30 Sep 2005
Posts: 211
Location: MAINE |
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You are not alone! I save all of the feathers, except the tiny ones. I have a large glass jar for each bird to store their feathers. I plan to use them in photo albums, but for now, they look pretty in jars |
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