molting

Hello, I have a cockatiel who is about 8 years old. I think she recently molted or is molting because I saw a lot of fluffy feathers and 5-6 really big ones on the bottom of the cage this past monday (it's friday now). She seems to be really really cranky and is constantly shuffling her wings...

I have 2 cockatiels and 1 budgie. I am wondering what a good quality molting supplement might be. I researched some and found a couple: UnRuffledRx FeatherUp and Equa Holistics BIOFeather. Does anyone know if either of these are high quality and safe? Does anybody know of any other high quality...

Hi all, I'm really hoping someone can give some idea of what's going on here. Asking on my mother's behalf. So the molts this year have been weird. Some feathers are growing in seemingly fine but then the sheath doesn't come off. Eventually the feather falls out and it is unusually dense, hard...

Hi! I have a dilute blue parrotlet, I have had her for about 4 years now. She is a wonderful little lady and a total clown! I’m concerned about the fact she seems to be constantly molting on her head over the past year. I add vitamins to her seeds and she gets cooked eggs almost every day. She...

Hi everyone! I’m wondering about molting- Tulsi turned a year old Dec. 20th. When we got her in September, she had tons of pin feathers and was losing a lot of those light gray, soft fluffy fetchers but that’s all subsided; until now. Shes starting to lose those soft, fluffy under feathers (?idk...

my parrot is slowly molting at the moment (this has been going on for a while cos she’s molting one body part at a time) a few days ago i noticed that her poops were smaller than usual i also weighed her and saw her morning weight was 123g instead of the usual 121g and it has been 123g since...

So far he seems fine, and no obvious/major bleeding after a few look-overs. He’s in bed right now and I’ve popped over to check on him a couple times and he seems just fine. I’m just extremely paranoid and would appreciate some reassurance. He was sitting next to me when something freaked him...

Hi all, my almost 5 month GCC appears to be molting. I am concerned because it seems so young. He’s been losing a fair amount of the fluffy down feathers for no apparent reason (no plucking, and even when he’s not grooming). Behavior wise he doesn’t seem out of the ordinary- sleeping as usual...

Hi again, I just noticed the bottom of Momo’s beak suddenly looks like it’s really flaky/peeling a lot. I think she might be molting right now so I’m not sure if that has anything to do with it but the change seems so sudden and I’m really worried now? Does this look normal to you guys? 1st...

Noticed just today my boy has been preening and itching with his foot more than usual, and taking feathers out. Its mostly downy feathers and the occasional top feathers/tail feather. He's not pulling hard or anything, but its more feathers than I used to seeing him preen out, and he has no pin...

Hi everyone. We got our white belly caique when he was 4 months old and now he is nine months old. Before we brought him home, he lived in the same cage with his brother and got into a flight with his brother. The bird shop owner had to give him stiches on the right side of his body between his...

Just wondering since I've never actually experienced it before, haha. But Aro had a huge grumpy day yesterday where I couldn't even go near "his" side of the room without him getting all grouchy about it, and he lost a tail feather today, I don't think this is any form of sign for it, he was...

Hey, I'm talking about Norman, my a little over 2yrs old budgie. He's a boy. He's always been a bird that molts a lot, but it was light shedding for the most part. I can't remember exactly when, but he stopped molting. He was normal other than that. Just like 2 or so days ago he's been losing...

Hi guys, I'm new here and have a question that I can't seem to find the answer for anywhere else. Does anyone know if paw paw ointment is safe for parrots? I'm asking because I'd like to apply it to my two alexandrines beak's as they are molting and peeling, I thought this may help the process...

I wonder if this bird I have now is the same one I have lost before. Can anyone help me figure this out? I lost my male Cockatiel (4 months old) on June 25, 2022 before molting, 3-4 months after, someone caught a similar one and reached out to me. The only difference I noticed is the intensity...

Hi, about a month ago I bought my first ever bird, an indian ringneck, his owners had to sell him as they couldn't spend enough time with him and their neighbors would occasionally complain about the noise. Fast foward to now, he lost so many feathers, we provided him with food, attention and...

My cockatiel is molting and this just fell on the floor. I was so confused was this is and why is it so long. The breeder clipped all the birds wings before giving them away, but other than that I never will clip my birds wings. Please help me I’m a new bird owner and no idea what this is.

This is my first Cockatiel so this is one of those 'trivial beginner questions', yet has to be asked non the less ;) My Cockatiel is going through his first molt and he has three crown feathers that has been in their sheaths for a couple of weeks now. He often scratches at his head but the...

Hi everyone Winston (8-10 months) is going through, I think, his third moult with new pin feathers. I’ve noticed based on the last couple that he seems to get moody and grumpy, less generally happy. Is this normal in your experience?

Hi! I've had tweety for 4 years, and his back has been like this for a few months. I thought it was just molting at first but I think it's not the right season for that. I honestly don't know what to do, whenever I go near he spreads his wings and opens his beak as if he were to get agressive...