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 Post subject: Molting
PostPosted: Wed Jun 07, 2017 8:40 pm 
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I never paid special attention to birds' molts as birds always loose some feathers here and there, but now it's something crazy. I have so much feathers everywhere, all sorts of them.
How long do cockatiels molt and how often? Do I need to do anything extra special about it care-wise?



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 Post subject: Re: Molting
PostPosted: Thu Jun 08, 2017 5:47 am 
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As long as they have good nutrition there's nothing more you have to do. At least I never did.

Mine molt 2 times a year, but I have noticed a minor 3rd time now and again. Actually, with the amount of birds in my aviary it's a rare occasion to not find any feather here or there...

If all of them are molting together I never have to wait more than 12-13 weeks for all of them to change the feathers. For an individual bird I wouldn't have a cleu how long it takes...

As to what times mine molt I usually get some more feathers in as soon as it's getting warmer in March here. And then after I had a round of chicks when the parents decide to not have a 2nd one they usually start molting shortly after that.

The minor 3rd time is somewhere in september, but not always, or it's not always of that magnitude that I see the difference in amount feathers on the ground.

In wintertime I have almost no feathers in my aviary.

I believe it's nature that has an impact on my birds, so if you keep the birds indoors they might not follow the same patern.



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 Post subject: Re: Molting
PostPosted: Fri Jun 09, 2017 9:52 pm 
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Thank you Bob
Speaking about nutrition, they are offered lots of good stuff, but with recent changes in the flock (we lost Cuddles 2 months ago), they are simply not eating what I give them (or eating not very well). I have a feeling though that they are getting used to the reduced flock and they slowly start eating better.
I hate summertime when I have to run air conditioning all the time, with windows closed, I think that monotonous sound of AC make them all sleepy.
I have read that misting may help with discomfort associated with molting so I try to mist them more often.



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 Post subject: Re: Molting
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My birds eat more at some times of year than at others. So eating less might just be a seasonal variation.



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 10, 2017 10:44 pm 
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tielfan wrote:
My birds eat more at some times of year than at others. So eating less might just be a seasonal variation.
let me ask how heat and constant use of AC affect them. We all hate it!



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 Post subject: Re: Molting
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I don't know whether air conditioning has any influence on molting.



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I didn't mean on molting. In general



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 Post subject: Re: Molting
PostPosted: Sun Jun 11, 2017 2:57 pm 
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I always ask myself why the human species feels the need to control or condition all that surrounds them...

But I have no clue what to answer you. (on either question)



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 Post subject: Re: Molting
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All birds can vary with their moults but tiels don't tend to take too long. My birds have all recently started to blow theirs out and it's constant dusting and sweeping at the moment to accommodate it. My Alexandrine's have all just started and boy aren't they letting me know!


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I live in the southern Arizona desert, and feel the need to control the air temperature because it is freaking hot in the summertime and I want to be at least somewhat comfortable. The current 10-day forecast calls for 6 days with temperatures over 105 F (40.6 C). The prediction for the hottest day is 112 F (44.4 C). And it gets hotter than that sometimes.

People who don't respect the summer sun tend to end up dead here. There's a serious death toll among illegal border crossers who come from a non-desert part of Mexico/Central America and don't know how harsh the desert is. German tourists perish pretty regularly too because they like to test their toughness by hiking on a really hot day.

The winters are pretty mild, but it's nice to run the heat for about half an hour in the morning to bring the temperature up to 70 F (21 C). If it's a sunny day (and most of them are), the house will be nice and warm all day after that.



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