Thank you, I'll be at my vets in the next few days, I will bring Merlin in with me. The feathers seem like down feathers and they're just on his body not head, tail or wings, he was in a aviary with about 30-40 other budgies so I was wondering if it could be due to inbreeding.
I saw a bit about French molt when I was googling but he doesnt seem to have any of the symptoms he acts happy and healthy, lots of feathers (I had to spread them while checking) and never noticed any bare spots.
My vet specializes in avian and exotics, I'll call them now and go in asap, thanks.
Thank you guys! I spoke to my vet and she will be seeing him tomorrow so hopefully I'll have answers very soon, I'll keep everyone updated!
He didn't accidentally get Tumble dried did he?
my vet wasnt in till the Friday so I scheduled his appointment for then, my 7 year old ended up with a concussion at school so the appointment had to be moved to Monday. So I took him in she said he looks healthy, his feather structure looks healthy, beak healthy etc except for the down feathers that are not falling out on their own and a few more blood feathers than normal. She said it could be possible he got stuck in molt (could be diet hes super picky the lady I got him from only had him on millet) or a parasite. She left me with the choice to pay just over 1000$ for the beak and feather testing and that's not including treatments. So after some thought I think I am going to go through with the testing, I called today and left a message with the other vet and my vet will be calling back tomorrow to talk more about the testing and set up an appointment. I'm really hoping it is something as simple as diet and I can keep trying to get him to eat more options.
Thank you! my son is doing much better and will hopefully be back to school by the end of the week.
