an open window ([info]prettyhowtown_) wrote in [info]budgietalk,
@ 2008-05-11 23:31:00
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tail feathers
i just adopted a budgie from a lady who said she didn't have enough time for him. she was examining him one day for a possible blood feather and some of his tail feathers came out. he doesn't seem to be missing them too terribly. anyway, will they grow back?

thank you!

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[info]mouse_girl_1989
2008-05-12 08:39 am UTC (link)
Budgies moult their feathers, and their tail feathers I think about once (?) a year so they should grow back though you might want to check the tail area just in case.

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[info]eterri
2008-05-12 03:44 pm UTC (link)
I would get the budgie to an avian vet as soon as you can. Multiple tail feathers really shouldn't fall out all at once like that. It could be a molt but it could also be a sign of disease. Does he have all his flight feathers/was he clipped?

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[info]prettyhowtown_
2008-05-12 11:47 pm UTC (link)
they were accidentally pulled out, i believe. he is clipped.

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[info]krystal_
2008-05-14 01:15 am UTC (link)
feathers are reaalllly hard to pull out, you cant just pull a feather out so easily.

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[info]prettyhowtown_
2008-05-14 01:46 am UTC (link)
i don't know exactly what happened; there was a struggle, as far as i know, and the feathers came out in her hand. it's not like his feathers just dropped off his butt-- there was some force involved on both parts. :) he's not tame yet.

he seems really healthy to me... curious, chatty, good appetite, favors the highest perch in the cage. i really don't see any reason to be worried about his health.

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[info]krystal_
2008-05-14 11:14 am UTC (link)
yeah Im not saying theres anything wrong with him :)
Just saying it seems weird that the last owner accidently pulled feathers out of his tail. One of mine had a blood feather in her tail and I had to get it out with pliers.

:))

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