Dropped feathers

[Lothetiel]

Hey, so I just came home and got my cockatiel out and when he was flying around I noticed he dropped a ton of feathers all at once. I’ll add a photo. He seems to be fine and I didn’t see any bald spots but I was just wondering what this is? It seems a little early to be molting and I haven’t heard of molting like this but I’m at a loss. Does anyone know what happened?

 

[Sunni Tiel]

Are those tail feathers? The person I bought my cockatiel from said one time when he was inexperienced a cockatiel flew off his hand and he sort of grabbed it's tail, and it ejected all the tail feathers so it could escape. I think yours got scared and ejected it's tail feathers to escape?

 

[Zara]

All the feathers are in one place as opposed to scattered all over the room. So it does sound like he was spooked.
I see you are in a doorway. I wonder if he got a feather stuck in the door or on the door frame or something like that.

I´m surprised you don´t see his tail quite thin - or at least a lot thinner than normal.

 

[Lothetiel]

All the feathers are in one place as opposed to scattered all over the room. So it does sound like he was spooked.
I see you are in a doorway. I wonder if he got a feather stuck in the door or on the door frame or something like that.

I´m surprised you don´t see his tail quite thin - or at least a lot thinner than normal.

Yes now he only has half a tail which makes him look kinda funny. It is very possibly he did seem kind of nervous afterwords, when I opened the door he got scared and dropped his feathers. I’ll make a note to be more cautious when opening doors when he is free roaming. Thanks!