feathers

Yesterday I removed the cage's blanket to find one of my bird's feathers look like as if she dunked in water! When I touched her they felt kinda oily. I read up and found that she may not be preening correctly and/or have a Vitamin A deficiency. My other bird seems fine with healthy feathers. So...

Hi all, My seven month old female cockatiel, Theano (to the right, cinnamon pastel), has barbs on her P9 flight feather that just won't "zip" together, as seen in the pictures. I've tried to encourage knitting back together by passing a little water through it, but they become spikes again...

My lovie is about eight years old and I've had him since he was weaned. for the last 3ish years, he has become increasingly jumpy and nervous, to the point that he hasn't had any tail feathers in 4 years. He bursts blood feathers all the time because he is so easily scared and startled that he...

So I have had my budgie who I suspect is a male, for about a month, and he's around 2 months old but can't fly and has barely any wings or tail. I think he will be fine, just a late bloomer, but I want to make sure that he will be ok. Photo is attatched. Thankyou

My husband and I just got a green cheek conure a few months ago and is our first and only bird. I stay at home while he works so I spend a lot of time with her and so does my husband when he is home. She has started to molt and I noticed that she eats her feathers when they fall off. Is that...

Caught Louise trying out a different look.

A while ago she was laying dozen eggs but she has stopped. I'm now seeing her scratching (with her beak) the back feathers mostly. I think it's called "feather plucking" but she's not bald or have bare skin. I have seen some feathers on the floor and on the cage. And, one or two feathers still...

Hello! I got my first parrot November of 2015. He's a green cheek conure rescue. He's a pretty active bird, and in that activeness he's actually broken all of his tailfeathers just from climbing in small places, and getting startled and jumping and then when he lands, some of his tailfeathers...

I've looked all over the web, but have only come up to what feathers are, what they're made of, what they do, and the molting process. Now, I know that parrots molt symmetrically. However, I haven't seen threads on how molting can affect a household. I'm mostly asking this due to mess wise. How...

Hey everyone, I am a new bird owner I just adopted a GCC named Rudy he is about 3 years old. I stay in communication with his foster mom as she has been a huge help during the process and she likes to hear how Rudy is doing. We adopted him this past Saturday. I think he has been adjusting...