Jottlebot
Member
- Aug 29, 2012
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- 14
- Parrots
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Orange-winged Amazon - RIP Charlie,
Spock - Common Mynah,
McCoy - Alexandrine
Hi Everyone,
I'm a bit concerned about my Alex McCoy. I don't have any experience with a bird going through a heavy moult so I could do with some reassurance and advice.
His feathers don't look very nice, they are dull and look like they are dusty, however when I mist him and he dries off again it doesn't change. I'm also finding between 3 and 7 wing or tail feathers a day, there seem to be more lately. He's also losing the little white down feathers a lot and I find them all over the place! I haven't found any chest feathers. Does this sound like moulting or is this plucking?
A feather will often fall when he is flying so that makes me hopeful it's a moult not plucking?
I've never seen him pull a feather out, but he is preening. I've only had him since March, he's 2016 hatched, but I don't know when.
Anything else you want to know?
Thank you!
I'm a bit concerned about my Alex McCoy. I don't have any experience with a bird going through a heavy moult so I could do with some reassurance and advice.
His feathers don't look very nice, they are dull and look like they are dusty, however when I mist him and he dries off again it doesn't change. I'm also finding between 3 and 7 wing or tail feathers a day, there seem to be more lately. He's also losing the little white down feathers a lot and I find them all over the place! I haven't found any chest feathers. Does this sound like moulting or is this plucking?
A feather will often fall when he is flying so that makes me hopeful it's a moult not plucking?
I've never seen him pull a feather out, but he is preening. I've only had him since March, he's 2016 hatched, but I don't know when.
Anything else you want to know?
Thank you!