Molting?

Ozzy my BFA is losing feathers!!! I know there are lots of posts about molting but since he is my first bird and I am not the most experienced I wanted to ask about him.

He is losing lots of downy feathers, there are dozens on the bottom of his cage every day when I clean it and he is also losing his green feathers. There are no bald spots so I am hoping its not plucking and its just a molt. I have only seen one pin feather BUT he doesnt really let me scratch him or look too closely at him yet so there could be more. He seems to be in his general 'sorta happy' mood and is eating fine and has finally started to play with different toys.

Does this sound like a molt? If so how long does it last? We are going from warm to cooler weather here (not cold, I live in Florida).

I have heard bathing helps but he will not let me bathe him. Twice I've tried to put him in the sink or bathtub with the faucet on low and he freaks. He also hates being sprayed so I havent tried it more than once. Occasionally he will jump in his water bowl and splash it all over him and all around his cage onto my carpet. Am I hurting him by not forcing him to bathe?

He is supposed to be eating low protein because of some liver issues so I cant up his protein to help his molt. Anything else I can do?

It sounds like molting. I would just want to watch for any bald spots. For my birds it lasted a week and a half but I think it is diferent for each bird.

Ozzy, my 11 month old male ekkie is doing the same thing. I'm new to this also. I think it's just a molt. He eats well, plays and is generally happy, so I'm not worried. Buddy didn't like to get sprayed at first either. But keep trying. You don't have to get him really wet the first time. Small steps. I make a big deal out of it with lots of praise and whoohoos ect...
Buddy now loves it. He didn't like the hair blower at first either, but again small steps and now he spreads his wings to his arm pits dry too.

Fred recently molted and it does sound like Ozzy is molting. Just keep an eye on him, but it doesn't sound worrying to me.

I have had parrots for about 7years now and I have always just offered them a large shallow dish of water and let them decide when they want to bathe. I would not suggest using a blow dryer ever because I read that the elements inside of it heat up and the fumes emitted can harm your bird.