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donnat
Just hatched
Joined: 16 Feb 2007
Posts: 26
Location: CARDIFF |
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i've just found one of sweet- peas red tail feathers i didant see her pull it out,or could it have just fallen out please help im worried sick i dont want her to start plucking  |
Sunday March 4, 2007 5:43 pm |
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Yupra
Flying tumbler
Joined: 05 Feb 2006
Posts: 2206
Location: CA |
It may have just been an old feather and is ready to be replaced.. did you look closely at the feather? Is there blood at the tip? (the shaft end not the feathery end) If theres no blood it was probably just an old feather. |
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Sunday March 4, 2007 6:07 pm |
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shirin
Moderator
Joined: 27 Apr 2005
Posts: 7401
Location: Canada, Toronto |
 Oh you are one over-protective mommy just like the rest of us! All feathers fall out naturally and new one's grow in, just like with our hair. If you see one single tail feather, I doubt very much that she's plucking. She is just getting ready to go through a moult.  Even if you see a bunch of feathers at the bottom of the cage or floor, this does not mean she is plucking, she is just moulting, and you will soon be able to feel a whole bunch of pin feathers around her neck. The only tme I would suspect that something is wrong is if she is pulling the feathers out and screaming as if it hurts when she pulls them and if she appears to have bald spots on her, or if you notice her chewing her feathers (while they're still sttached to her). |
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Sunday March 4, 2007 6:25 pm |
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Cheeta
Moderator
Joined: 06 Apr 2005
Posts: 7956
Location: Australia |
yeh I have a pillow factory going on at the moment at my household... all my little budgies decided it's time to get some new feathers, so off they go... covering the room that they are in for sure.
i'd say that you little one will be just fine. sometimes my budgies drop most of their tail feathers at once too... so they look kinda funny without their long tail feathers. Keep an eye on it to make sure everything is ok, and oh some birds get cranky around moulting season, so don't take it personally. |
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Monday March 5, 2007 3:13 am |
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