Lauraj
Regular Member
Good afternoon everybody, hope you are all well. Just looking for a bit of advice on a moulting bird!
Exciting times for us currently as Bo has started to enter his first moult! One step closer to that pretty wing growing back and him flying! Not so excited for our poor irritated boy
I assume he is starting a moult, his first outer wing feather is very lose, doesn't move the same as the other wing feathers and you can see the white top part which goes into their wing (excuse me not knowing what part this is) the feather is a lot lower than the rest of the feathers so expecting this to drop out shortly. The feather is on his clipped wing.
One thing is Bo is paying a lot of attention to this one feather and it's getting him angry haha, he is grooming it a lot and grabs it near the top and gives it a little pull but it doesn't come out yet.
Is it normal for them to pay a lot of attention to the feather falling out? Don't want him to get into a habit of pulling his feathers out. Never noticed Fifi paying attention to hers, her feathers just seem to end up on the floor of her cage haha!
He is also a moody laddo at the moment, takes it out on his toys but he isn't aggressive with us, he is pulling hair more but think he is trying to groom us badly. Only wants attention on his terms but still loves his night time cuddles and tickles and works his way round the room for us all to kiss and cuddle him.
I have started to bath him more, he had one this morning.
Just wondering the best tips to get us through this first moult, absolutely in love with this little chap!
Exciting times for us currently as Bo has started to enter his first moult! One step closer to that pretty wing growing back and him flying! Not so excited for our poor irritated boy
I assume he is starting a moult, his first outer wing feather is very lose, doesn't move the same as the other wing feathers and you can see the white top part which goes into their wing (excuse me not knowing what part this is) the feather is a lot lower than the rest of the feathers so expecting this to drop out shortly. The feather is on his clipped wing.
One thing is Bo is paying a lot of attention to this one feather and it's getting him angry haha, he is grooming it a lot and grabs it near the top and gives it a little pull but it doesn't come out yet.
Is it normal for them to pay a lot of attention to the feather falling out? Don't want him to get into a habit of pulling his feathers out. Never noticed Fifi paying attention to hers, her feathers just seem to end up on the floor of her cage haha!
He is also a moody laddo at the moment, takes it out on his toys but he isn't aggressive with us, he is pulling hair more but think he is trying to groom us badly. Only wants attention on his terms but still loves his night time cuddles and tickles and works his way round the room for us all to kiss and cuddle him.
I have started to bath him more, he had one this morning.
Just wondering the best tips to get us through this first moult, absolutely in love with this little chap!