Should I be concerned or am I overreacting?

[Abigal7]

Okay this probably is nothing major but recently when I bathe or hold Captian Jack I see fuzzy grey feathers come off his body. I even noticed one on his beak. It is not a lot but they seem to come off very easy (as if holding a molting or dusty bird).

 

[Merlee]

I believe you are describing down feathers. My two birds are losing quite a bit of them right now. My macaw is going through a molt so I am attributing the down feathers I see to that.

 

[Luke252]

Yes those are the down feathers. Your birds is more than likely going through a molt at the moment, and trust me you'll find alot of these are the house. The only other thing it could be is mites, but I wouldn't worry too much about that unless you start finding other signs.

 

[Abigal7]

How old are Hahn's macaws usually when they begin molting? Captian Jack's hatch date was 4/13/13. He is about four months old. I will keep a look out for pin feathers.

 

[Luke252]

Its usually hard to tell. They will moult a couple times a year, but usually moults happen generally before winter or summer, however this is not true in all parrots. Just keep an eye out for those pin feathers.

 

[SoCalWendy]

I have feathers everywhere.
I dust, feathers.
I vacuum, feathers.
I walk in to another room, feathers.
Feathers in their mouths.
Feathers in thier food and water dishes.
Feathers, feathers everywhere.

 

[MikeyTN]

Down feathers falls off all the time even when they're not molting. Your bird sounds too young yet to start molting.

LOL@Wendy

 

[FreedomAndForgiven]

Yes those down feathers are always everywhere even when my Macaws aren't molting. If one of them flaps their wings a whole bunch they start floating all over, and if the A/C kicks on it just keeps blowing them through the air lol.

 

[SoCalWendy]

Yes those down feathers are always everywhere even when my Macaws aren't molting. If one of them flaps their wings a whole bunch they start floating all over, and if the A/C kicks on it just keeps blowing them through the air lol.

Haha that happened to me recently I had to cover my coffee cup with my hand until the feathers landed.

 

[Abigal7]

Thanks everyone it is starting to sound like a normal macaw occurance.

 

[SoCalWendy]

Thanks everyone it is starting to sound like a normal macaw occurance.

LOL I freaked the first time I saw a feather in the mouth of my Senegal. To me it seemed like every time I looked at her, she had a new feather in her mouth and was playing with them. I had to ask if it was 'normal' for her to be playing with her feathers, yep it is.

 

[kendrafitz]

We have feathers everywhere, all the time. Especially the down feathers.

The other day Rosie had one in the back of her mouth. I took it out thinking I was helping her. She got annoyed and grabbed it back. Guess what looked icky to me was fun for her.