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Re: Cockatiel has strange feathers sticking out on back?
I don't know about the sticking out you are mentioning but have you been around birds much? Without a picture my first thought is they are normal feathers which generally come in wrapped in a feather sheath that does look like a plastic straw with a point on the end. As they come in she will preen them and the plastic will decompose for lack of a better word and the feather will be fresh and new.
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Re: Cockatiel has strange feathers sticking out on back?
Young birds often don't realize that their feathers are necessary for things other than keeping them warm and usually figure everything out after their first moult...
Depending on how many birds are kept in a small cage, that can attribute to ragged feathers also..... Welcome to the forum & congrats on your new feathered friend..... |
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Re: Cockatiel has strange feathers sticking out on back?
I am new to the world of birds so sorry I am not that familiar with their feathers lol. I am charging my camera to take a picture, but I looked at it again and they are actually near the top area of the tail feathers. They look like thin plastic curly straws sticking out in all different directions. Maybe they are new feathers but I've never seen them curl upwards before.
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Re: Cockatiel has strange feathers sticking out on back?
Sounds to me like the bad tail feathers are due to being dragged against the small cage he was in prior to you bringing him home. They will fall out and be replaced during his first molt. The "plastic" looking things you are seeing sound to me like pin feathers. When a bird gets new feathers they come in surrounded in what is called a Keratin sheath. It protects the feathers until the sheath is ready to come off by the bird preening it. It will simply flake away. Additionally you can help preen the pin feathers by GENTLY pinching them with your finger nails and GENTLY rub them with your fingers and when the time is right they will fall away and reveal fresh new baby feathers. https://www.google.com/search?q=pin+...2F%3B308%3B400
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Re: Cockatiel has strange feathers sticking out on back?
I am new to the world of birds so sorry I am not that familiar with their feathers lol. I am charging my camera to take a picture, but I looked at it again and they are actually near the top area of the tail feathers. They look like thin plastic curly straws sticking out in all different directions. Maybe they are new feathers but I've never seen them curl upwards before.
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Re: Cockatiel has strange feathers sticking out on back?
The feathers you are describing sound like new growth "pin feathers" to me... Totally normal & they wont stay that way forever. As for tail feathers being scraggly, does your bird "cling" to the bars alot? Did it sleep clung to the bars due to inappropriate cage/sleep space set up at the pet shop? One of my Sun Conures had a ratty tail from sleeping on the bars of his obnoxiously small cage @ his previous owners. He was on his bars all the time begging for attention because he had one perch & NO toys. That sounds like what its from to me. If your bird is young you can encourage different sleeping habits. Also make sure your bird gets out enough so it doesnt feel the need to cling to the bars for attention.
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Re: Cockatiel has strange feathers sticking out on back?
![]() Finally got an image up(: Sorry for the bad quality, I had to take it with my phone because my camera wasn't cooperating with me. It definitely doesn't look like a pin feather to me, any ideas?? |
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Re: Cockatiel has strange feathers sticking out on back?
I can't tell where the feather is coming from, but I'd be inclined to see if it's just some part of a feather that has been separated from the rest.
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