Still Molting!

katie_fleming

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Jasper (6yr old Solomon Island Eclectus Parrot)
I think Jasper started molting in March area. He's still molting. Is this normal for his first one?

He would lose 10-20 feathers a day for a couple days then would go weeks and weeks before molting again. Now he's lost a couple more big feathers the last few days and some of the red ones finally.

Is this length of a molt normal? I had read 6 months max. All of the other feathers have grown in nicely and he's definitely not plucking.
 

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Sorry, Katie. Just seeing this.

Bixby's first big molt lasted several months as well, though he did have Mojo molt at the time. I do remember that it was at least 6 months. Might've been more, but I'm not sure. I just remember feeling like it was taking FOREVER.

But he was the only one. Jolly and Maya's molts have had much shorter durations.
 

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