Mango loses a feather or two every few days, this has been going on for about a couple of weeks. He has pin feathers, is itchy and extra cuddly, and became VERY fond of bath time seemingly out of no where. This is his first molt and I have very little experience so Im not sure what the normal situation is. When I looked into molting through internet websites it seemed that it can be really variable depending on hormones, nutrition, the birds overall health and sunlight exposure. I do know they need lots of good nutritious food so they can make new feathers and get through the molt. Stress should also be avoided. Mango picks at his fly away feathers too. He doesnt eat them, but the little fluffy ones seem to come out in batches and fly all over. He grabs them and plays with them in his mouth, gets bored and drops them. I know his flight feathers are coming in because he can now get a good 5 feet of height before he starts to glide down and he couldnt get any when he came to us. Overall though, he looks the same. I havent seen bald patches or anything. I think the big worry is if they all drop before they are replaced and if the bird isnt growing the new feathers easily. Someone with more experience with this is probably better to confirm that though.
