pulled all his tail feathers out in one day!

[aunali9]

guys i woke up today to Echo without his tail feathers. the surrounding feathers arent out. just the main tail feathers. they are intact except one which looks damaged. and 2 of them have some brown stuff inside the tube at the end of it. not the tip or on the outside. its inside the tube. i checked the area and there are no signs of blood. he wont let me inspect close enough to see the skin. he is 9 months old now. please some one tell me he is only moulting... there are an assortment of body feathers around in his cahe since the last couple of weeks, and even some areas of feathers from his head missing. im freaking out. there are no vets in my city.

[Greywings]

Echo is a young bird and he may have fallen damaging those tail feathers, then he may have pulled them to reduce the pain. Hard to know for sure what happened. Can you tell us a bit about his cage set up and his diet?

[jbsmomto1]

if its bc of moulting it could be that his pins are coming in causing him to be uncomfortable so was trying to get rid of the issue by yanking them out

[chezron]

My bird started damaging his feathers at that age. Regular trips outside in the sunlight (in his cage) helped him, and he no longer damages his feathers. Just 15 minutes on most days. Has to be outside though, not just next to a window. Sunlight makes him calm too.