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moulting
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 10:56 am
by jenny s
can anyone tell me when will my irn start moulting and what actually happens
he is around 2-2 1/2 and has started getting tiny pink feathers round his neck. i live in england if that helps
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 7:08 pm
by inept
At 2.5, you bird has probably moulted several times, no?
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 1:32 am
by jenny s
weve only had him 7 months and are very new to parrot ownership. he has lost 2 tail feathers and thats all.
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 3:50 am
by xx_sheena_xx
IRN's only moult once a year and thats usually in spring/summer
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 7:09 am
by jenny s
thanks sheena
so from that it should be anytime as its spring here in the uk, should i expect him to loose quite a few feathers??
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 3:39 pm
by inept
Yes, but not all at once. He will lose them in turn, big and small, and look quite scraggly during the process as a result but he won't be bald or anything like that.
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 7:38 pm
by pinkdevil
This is what my birds look like when they are going through a moult. Very scruffy and not very elegant at all.
Poor babies, must be so uncomfortable.
