almorrison

for about 5 weeks now my baby grey has been losing feathers, it started with her red tail feathers which all came out, now she has new ones growing in, she is 7 months old, whats concerning me is she has lost an awful lot of wing feathers, seems to be same amount on each wing, she is having trouble flying now, i can feel sharp spikey things in her wings and undernaath her tail, took her to breeder who said shes molting, i just want to be sure, she is now pulling and snapping feathers off her back, i know they could just be old feathers and they could be causing her pain as her new ones come in its just shes really mangled her back feathers although no bald spots, any ideas?<br><br>Post edited by: almorrison, at: 2008/12/15 13:48

thanks for that, ive never had an african grey so imjust being cautious, i was really worried about feather plucking as i know its common in greys

hello all, im kind of hoping someone can shed some light on whats happening with my baby grey, she is 7 months old,over the last 2 weeks she lost nearly all of her beautiful red tail feathers, only 3 remain,, although underneath she has new ones growing in, also ive noticed her chewing fethers thats come out, she has what feel like a few sharp quills down her back and has lost a few wing feathers,,, she is quite nippy and miserable too. she eats well. has loads of attention and is always out of cage to interact with family, ive seen her preen but not rip out feathers, im wondering if this could be her first moult or if she could be plucking, shes looking shabby but ive not seen her rip feathers out, just play with them.