munch Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 (edited) Last week I first found Took with 1 big grey feather in her mouth. Then I found two big grey beautiful feathers, about 2 longs, on the floor near her perch. Can someone please explain this? She doesn't seem to be plucking her feathers off near her legs or chest, she does groom extensively every night, she went through a molt... Edited April 4, 2011 by munch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 She is molting out a few of her flight feathers as they don't all molt out at the same time, usually several on both sides will fall out and be replaced before several more will fall out, the tail feathers will do the same, this is to ensure that they stay capable of flight in the wild as they cannot lose all the flights at the same time. Check soon to see if there are pins coming in to replace those that fell out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munch Posted April 4, 2011 Author Share Posted April 4, 2011 Thank you! I assumed molting were all those fluffy feathers, I did not know about the flight and tail feathers as well. I was ready to freak out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvparrots Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 I have been saving my parrots molted out feathers (the big ones) and am hoping to send them to the people who "imp" feathers for flightless birds. I hope they can use them for needy parrots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morana Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Does, those feathers you found, have blood at the end? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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