How to care for your budgie when molting: The duration, frequency and severity of a budgies molt will vary from bird to bird. The bird’s molt could last for one week or several. All budgies go through molts – some seem to lose feathers continuously while others will molt a couple of times a year. Spring and Fall are normal times for birds to molt. Molting takes quite a physical toll on your budgie resulting in a need for additional protein, lots of tender loving care, and restful sleep. To soothe the itching from growing pin-feathers and assist your budgie in preening out the growing feathers you can offer your budgie baths or spray mist showers. A budgie should not be bred when it is molting as its energy and nutrition reserves are already depleted as a result of the molt. You may find your molting budgie seems to be ill or “under the weather” during molts, for example: less active than normal, itchy, irritable and cranky. The budgie may seem moody and biting is common. In general, what is called the “baby molt” takes place at around three or four months old. The budgie will lose the striped “baby bars: on top of his head at that time. Mature budgies will usually molt at least once a year. Additionally, budgies may have molts of the soft “secondary” feathers during prolonged periods of hot weather. Occasionally a budgie may have an “EXTREME MOLT”. Extreme Molts sometimes occur if the birds immune system is compromised, the bird is nutritionally deficient, the bird has been ill, or the bird recently experienced a traumatic event and/or is under a lot of stress. Unfortunately, sometimes an Extreme Molt will occur even though there is no evident reason as to why. Ill post more info on extreme molting soon.
Posted on: Thu, 09 Oct 2014 04:22:39 +0000
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