Many bird friends have asked me why my bird is shedding its feathers every day. Does it keep moulting again? What is the pattern of molting for parrots? Today, I will try to explain to you as comprehensively as possible the rules of parrot moulting.

One , Natural moulting

The natural moulting of parrots is mainly divided into two stages:

1. The first stage is before adulthood. At this time, we call it the time to change its hair. , that is, from the time it is weaned and ends when it is more than 2 months old, until it can successfully mate for the first time, it will continue to molt.

At this time, you will find some interesting changes. For example, your parrot sheds a larger amount of hair every day, and the original small down is replaced by the dense texture of adult feathers, and the original lighter color. It may become darker and darker. For example, the yellow peach parrot's face was originally peach-pink and turned into bright red after molting. There are also some birds whose hair is white and black before molting. After molting, a golden top grows. .

2. The second stage is after adulthood. After adulthood, it is mainly affected by changes in seasons and temperatures. For example, the two seasons of spring and autumn are just like people change into summer clothes after winter and summer is over. This is probably the logic behind changing into winter clothes.

Some parrots molt every spring, while others molt once every few years or even longer, depending on the species. Taking Xuanfeng as an example, they usually moult at 4 to 6 months, and will molt every year from May to June. The feathers of cockatiels are generally gray, with lighter colors on the lower part of the body and orange circles on the cheeks. Female cockatiels have a row of small yellow dots under their wings. The moulting of cockatiels is a new type of metabolism for them. It takes about a week after the feathers are shed for the quills to burst into new feathers.

2. Daily metabolic molting

In addition to the above two staged molts, birds also undergo daily metabolic molting, just like people growing and losing hair. Therefore, parrots will also shed their feathers during daily grooming.

3. Abnormal hair loss

Mainly divided into 3 situations:

1. It is common in some medium and large parrots that long-term neglect of management leads to abnormal mood of the bird and hair plucking. For example, gray parrots.

2. Virus influence, feather pecking disease.

If your parrot is infected with the virus and loses a lot of hair, and through observation, the roots of the shed feathers appear black or brown. At this time, it is best to pass a professional card test to check whether Infected with a virus.

3. External parasites cause hair loss.

If you have not removed external parasites for a long time, the accumulation of parasites will cause the quality of your bird's surface feathers to become worse and worse, and the birds will also peck the feathers because of itching.