Feathers (2nd Molt)

[casper]

Hi everyone,

 

Just a quick question to people with older greys.

Charlie is 15 months now. He went through his first molt at the start of the year which seemed to go on for a few months.

 

The last couple of days I have found quite a few grey feathers on the bottom of his cage and he has just shook now and a larger one has fallen out.

 

Could this be another molt or is it to early?

Not noticed any plucking or change in any other way.

 

Thanks

Caroline:)

[danmcq]

It sounds like a continuance of the first molt, with the medium size and larger Gray feathers coming out now. The tail feathers will be coming out also.

 

Soon you will have a magnificent Grey in all his glory and the much fabled solid bright red tail. Oh, and fully flighted, if you don't clip him. :-)

[BMustee]

Yeah, Elmo molted really hard around a year. She is now a year and a half and is molting again. Back feathers and flights mainly.

[Janfromboone]

Tobie is beginning to molt his flight feathers now --- well one anyway. My gosh was the shaft big. I've only had cockateils before Tobie you see, so I was surprised at the size of the thing. Wish his tail would molt, it's ratty looking. 1yr 3mos old.<br><br>Post edited by: Janfromboone, at: 2008/09/15 00:34