Molting+constant preening...normal?

Laurasea said:

Birds preen a lot , even without molting.
Parakeets seem to like bathing less than other birds. You can actually give them wet leaves if lettace and they will bathe in that. Or very very shallow water. The sound of running water and splashing will trigger them to bathe

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Ijistcantsayno said:

So Skye is definitely molting. I can see some pin feathers coming in. I assume his constant need to preen his feathers has to do with molting. The poor boy looks like he’s just. So. Uncomfortable. He’s scratching his head with his foot, then preening under his wings, then his tail, then his neck. It’s fairly constant. We come in the room he calls quick looks at us like where is my snack, then back to preening. I tried to give him a bath. I didn’t touch him, or even go near him. I just put a shallow clear dish of water on the bottom his cage. Well, let me tell you, he looked at the water and promptly flew to the opposite side of his cage. Flapped his wings and YELLED at me. I removed it after about 5 minutes. I must be an evil monster for suggesting he’s dirty I guess. Clearly he doesn’t want a bath. Any other tips or ideas to make this more bearable for him? I feel terrible that he seems so itchy. And to think he’s going to go through this twice a year...the poor baby!


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