You can assist your parakeet during this time by making sure their food bowl is topped up and that they have access to a mineral block. As these things help promote strong, healthy feather growth. Sometimes this molting process may stall, usually due to malnutrition or stress. The neck and head regions will look threadbare, and new pin feathers may have black or brown tips.
If you happen to notice any abnormal feather growth or feather loss, you should report this to a vet, who will diagnose the problem and recommended an action to get your parakeet molting healthily again. See the Parakeet Feathers French molt section, below. Molting birds will often sit for long periods without saying or doing much.
Older birds usually take the opportunity to get some more sleep. In some cases, a bird may be jumpier than usual, and may panic at sudden noise or movement. Hello, I live in Europe, and it's very hot during the summer here, so my budgies usually molt in the spring.. Those spots started to appear days ago, but today they were really black and intense.
I'm not sure if she's molding because she didn't look like that last year, when she did mold. I'm afraid it might me mites, but since I'm under-age, I can't go to the vet myself. My parents think it's nothing and they don't want to take her. This can be challenging. Often it can be the relationship between the owner and the bird that is the source of stress triggering feather plucking. These birds will typically feather pick across their chest, but it could be anywhere.
Parent birds will sometimes over-preen their youngsters, especially if they are keen to lay a second clutch of eggs. These babies will have bare patches on their back and neck where the parents can easily reach. Birds can also over-preen their partners, usually on the back of the head or neck. Separating the birds will solve the problem. Viruses and bacteria can cause feather loss in some pet birds. While he's not sick, his immune system isn't functioning in top form.
Since he's losing feathers, it's especially important that you keep his living area free of drafts. A budgie likes to bathe, so continue providing him a shallow bowl to clean himself, or mist him gently. This aids in removing loose feathers. Don't try to pull out feathers yourself -- you're likely to end up hurting your bird. If your parakeet isn't molting on schedule, due to health or other issues, his feathers can lose pigment. Those feathers that should have dropped out appear dirty.
Excessive preening by the bird or handling of the budgie by his people can also result in pigment loss. If your parakeet's feathers start looking dingy and he doesn't seem to molt, take him to the vet for an examination. If your budgie's feathers grow back oddly or large areas don't grow back at all, he could be suffering from the virus causing psittacine beak and feather disease.
Since it's very contagious, suspect this disease if he's recently come in contact with new domestic birds.
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