feathers

I'm wondering if it's normal for greys to pluck a large number of down feathers in one preening session? My grey is 6 years old and there are always little fluffy down feathers around but last night she pulled out a huge amount of them. She has a perch in the shower that I occasionally put her...

Hi guys, I'm just curious about something I noticed on my green cheek conure and wanted a few opinions. Some of the feathers around the upper part of her wings are looking a little ratty and not complete and some of them look like they have little bits of black around some of the edges. I...

Hello, I'm new to the site but I signed up because I knew this was a great place to get into from other bird owners, and recently I've been a bit worried about my bird Finn. He's a green budgie who I got a couple of months ago. He's been a real handful since I got him. His wings were...

Hi I got my Mitred Conure third hand. He had been kept in a two x three foot cage for over twenty years with three sides covered at all times. He had the worst case of scissor beak the vet or I had ever seen and His nails had never been clipped so they wrapped around his perch and it was...

Hi guys! I've had my Green Cheeked Conure, Olive, since October. She just turned one year old the 21st!! She's molting right now, as far as I can tell. I took her to the vet, maybe a month ago, to get a general birdie checkup. They did a weight, a fecal sample, a general look over. Everything is...

Good evening y'all. Just wanted to run something by your guys expertise. My GCC, Lulu is recently losing feathers. Not sure as to what the cause may be. I took her in from a bad home. Was told she was 2. I don't know for certain. Very friendly to me, doesn't bite at all. Quiet too by conure...

I have a congo african grey, Ava, that just turned 10 months old yesterday. These past 2 weeks I've been finding more and more feathers. More than just the usual white downy feathers. Its been a 2 small grey top-of-the-wing feathers and two regular long wing feathers. Today I also noticed that...

I have had Bob (Umbrella Cockatoo) for 2 months. He is now 9 months old. I work so he stays at home everyday in his very large "Macaw size" cage full of toys and chats it up with Marley (sun conure). They are the best of friends. They stay in different cages when I am not home but love to be...

To cap everything, he came in with a full head of hair, I think (I don't remember). When I first brought him home, he had a lot of difficulties readjusting. He was untamed and extremely skittish, because he just came from a home with children. He flew toward the windows a few times, hit his...

Hello all, I was wondering if anyone would be able to help! My Green Cheek Esme has black feathers down both of her sides and they are getting worse. I have included a picture (hopefully). She seems well enough in herself and eats veggies. I am currently transitioning her across to Harrisons...

I adopted 2 Green Wing Macaws, One about 2mo ago and a different one about a week ago. Both Came from Different Homes. My 14yr old Female? is a Beautiful Bird, eats well, looks Healthy, and poops just fine. The Other is a 7yr old DNA sexed Male, as I was told. Both Birds don't live in Cages...

not just the regular groom streak, run the feather through my beak, kind of thing. though i havent actually seen her chew her feathers either. but, her tail feathers look chewed, shorter, kind of frayed.. not the whole feather, as in not up the cord, just the , feather hairs? attatched to...

Hi everyone :) Im a new member looking for advice. Myself and my mother both brought a pineapple conure from the same clutch and from a reputable breeder in january. They are just over 6 months old. While my bird ( miss pineapple) is bright in colour my mums bird (Rita) isn't :( Rita ( mums...

so as i mentioned ive now brought lola in to work, thought it would be nice for her rather than stuck in the cage all day at home alone. ive noticed today though at the bottom of her tree there are about 6 feathers. i know its not unusual for the odd one to fall out when preening a bit too...

Hi, I read about molting online a lot, but I don't quite understand what's going on with Parry and if that's normal. He is about 6 mo old and about a month ago he lost two big tail feathers in two days. I thought he started his first molt, but he didn't loose any feathers since then although he...

My chook seems to have gone kind of bald overnight. There are feathers all over the place. I've looked it up on the internet and it seems that she might be moulting. Is anybody familiar with chooks and how they look when they are moulting? She looks terrible, I thought the dogs might have...

Does anyone know at what age a sun conure starts to loose juvenile feathers?

Well, I know I'm the millionth person to post about this, but I am just out of ideas to help Pepper with his feathers! He definitely has stress bars and I just don't know why. I can hear when he's grooming that he will get to the end of his feather and kind of chew it. I wonder if that has...

hi i wouldnt say this is really a health concern as such but figured this might be the best section for advice... i have a greenwing macaw, lola, she is coming up to 5 months old (which could be the reason) and shes a lovely looking bird but her tail feathers are really tatty and scruffy (ill...

My 4 month old pearl cockatiel has onew pin feathers coming through on his back. Is that part of molting? Also the new feathers are pearl feathers does that mean it is a female?

Can someone tell me why my Quaker has black feathers? When I got him he was 4 months old He is 5 months old now. I heard they might be stress bars or poor nutrition. I just bought my little baby and when I got him he had the black feathers. I've never seen a Quaker with black feathers. I got him...

Okay, Jacky my parrotlet is going to be 4 years old in Feb. He's a habitual feather picker and will bite them off at the base. Sometimes he lets a few grow back, then he remembers how much he loves to pluck them. I'm going to guess it started due to a bad trimming about 2 years ago. He screamed...

Pocky has this weird thing going on. He's currently molting so a lot of his feathers are just falling off. However, when a medium sized feather (such as a wing feather) or a long feather (tail feather) falls off he picks it up and holds it like a sword.:p its actually kind of cute. He'll chase...

We have a 15 year rescue bare eyed cockatoo, had him for around about a year now and has all of a sudden over the past month started plucking underneath his wings, which is getting worse where he makes himself bleed. It seems to me that he has very itchy and irritated skin, he can sleep and jump...

Hello, I have a Yellow naped male amazon of 6 years old (that's what the previous owner told me). I think he's older, but I juge from appearence. I bough him 5 months a go with some chest feathers missing. He costed me $500 which is strange. The owner sayed she just wanted to get rid of...

Hi, I recently adopted an Amazon parrot for a friend who could no longer care for her. I'm wondering if the feathers where the top of her wings meet her body (the shoulder area) are normal. There are some short, stubbly feathers there, and it's even on both sides of her body. Are they pin...

I keep all of Rosie's feathers unless they are damaged or have poop on them. I have a lafeaber's nutriberry container I put all of Rosie's in(minus the primary's and tail feathers that are too big so they go in a vase), I plan to one day make a fan with her tail feathers, they are slightly...

hello everyone i am new to this site. I own two umbrella cockatoo's, Eggbert and Boo. I have had them for about a year now and recently had to separate them as they where living together in the same cage and Boo decided to pluck Eggbert"s feathers. My first question: is there any way that i...

what's going on!?!? crowley was loving neck scratches until recently. any time i'd start to scratch, he makes his like "rrrrrrrreeeeeeekkkkkk" noise and nips at me.... tonight though, he finally was sleepy enough for me to get a good look at his head, neck, and cheeks, and he's got pin feathers...

Hi, I have a 6 month old Galah. I bought him a couple of months ago and since bringing him home all his tail feathers have come out one by one over a period of a couple of weeks. I don't know if he plucked them or if they just fell out but I'm a little concerned. Have I done something...