feathers

  1. PockyMommy

    Playing with fallen feathers?

    Pocky has this weird thing going on. He's currently molting so a lot of his feathers are just falling off. However, when a medium sized feather (such as a wing feather) or a long feather (tail feather) falls off he picks it up and holds it like a sword.:p its actually kind of cute. He'll chase...
  2. K

    Cockatoo sudden feather plucking

    We have a 15 year rescue bare eyed cockatoo, had him for around about a year now and has all of a sudden over the past month started plucking underneath his wings, which is getting worse where he makes himself bleed. It seems to me that he has very itchy and irritated skin, he can sleep and jump...
  3. U

    Chewing problem :(

    Hello, I have a Yellow naped male amazon of 6 years old (that's what the previous owner told me). I think he's older, but I juge from appearence. I bough him 5 months a go with some chest feathers missing. He costed me $500 which is strange. The owner sayed she just wanted to get rid of...
  4. F

    Strange feathers on an adopted Amazon

    Hi, I recently adopted an Amazon parrot for a friend who could no longer care for her. I'm wondering if the feathers where the top of her wings meet her body (the shoulder area) are normal. There are some short, stubbly feathers there, and it's even on both sides of her body. Are they pin...
  5. Featheredsamurai

    Anyone else save feathers? *pics*

    I keep all of Rosie's feathers unless they are damaged or have poop on them. I have a lafeaber's nutriberry container I put all of Rosie's in(minus the primary's and tail feathers that are too big so they go in a vase), I plan to one day make a fan with her tail feathers, they are slightly...
  6. D

    New to the Forum and a few question about my birds

    hello everyone i am new to this site. I own two umbrella cockatoo's, Eggbert and Boo. I have had them for about a year now and recently had to separate them as they where living together in the same cage and Boo decided to pluck Eggbert"s feathers. My first question: is there any way that i...
  7. taylor_

    Crazy amounts of pin feathers...

    what's going on!?!? crowley was loving neck scratches until recently. any time i'd start to scratch, he makes his like "rrrrrrrreeeeeeekkkkkk" noise and nips at me.... tonight though, he finally was sleepy enough for me to get a good look at his head, neck, and cheeks, and he's got pin feathers...
  8. S

    My Galah has lost all his tail feathers!

    Hi, I have a 6 month old Galah. I bought him a couple of months ago and since bringing him home all his tail feathers have come out one by one over a period of a couple of weeks. I don't know if he plucked them or if they just fell out but I'm a little concerned. Have I done something...
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