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My caique is 12 months. Wondering what age will the belly feathers turn white?
 

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Here are pics of his belly now(if I can get them to post) 66F69E4F-ECD0-448A-B4AF-F40D060EE93D.jpeg BAA39000-243E-4CCA-8A92-0FE0AB35C6ED.jpeg
 

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Babies get their adult plumage after theirfirst moult. Eight to 12 months old. It's a slow gradual process marked more by clear definition between colour panels than by the quality of the white. That pure clean fluffy cloud white belly tales a couple of moults and keeps improving with age
 
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Baby feathers usually turn white after the first adult moult. Eight to 12 months old. It's a slow gradual process
Thank you. He is 12 months now and still not white, so I was wondering if this is normal.
 

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Babies get their adult plumage after theirfirst moult. Eight to 12 months old. It's a slow gradual process marked more by clear definition between colour panels than by the quality of the white. That pure clean fluffy cloud white belly tales a couple of moults and keeps improving with age
Ok, thank you so much.
 

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It can definitely take longer to get the full white belly. I have two white-bellied caiques who are 13 months old and they are in the midst of their first full molt but have not completed it. It's totally normal.
 

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Bea is 13 months and not quite all white.
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