It has been about 6 months got them from a friend.She said she didn't know why he lost them but it think her cat pulled them out.Will they grow back?
2006-10-11 01:16:29 · 9 answers · asked by tennesseemom 2 in Pets ➔ Birds
The feathers can sometimes take up to a year to grow back. You can help stimulate the feather follicle to grow by having your bird flap while holding it for five minutes every day. Sometimes a feather is pulled out so hard that the follicle won't produce feathers again. This usually happens after repeated pulling. Budgies will moult two to four times a year and they drop a lot of feathers during this time. That's perfectly normal. If the feathers don't grow back in the next few months I'd talk to a vet. Something might be wrong.
Good luck!
2006-10-11 04:19:58 · answer #1 · answered by white_ravens_white_crows 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't understand what you're saying. The feathers have been gone for six months?! Then no they won't grow back. They should have grown back by now if they were going to.
Or do you mean the bird is six months old? In that case, yes, this is a normal, but heavy moult. This is normal.
2006-10-11 03:09:50 · answer #2 · answered by Robin D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a chicken that looks hyped up and sitting with the two ft on its perch is ill . save it in a heat place and make useful it has sparkling water and seed, maybe extremely fruit or vegetable like spinach. Plucking feathers could be boredom or it might have a scaley mite. you are able to frequently see mites as a scale close to the beak. If this is occuring somewhat mineral oil utilized with a cotton bud will treatment it. A birds temperature is very extreme , so save it heat. you are able to conceal the cage to assist save the chicken quiet. it is going to frequently get extra perfect in some days or it is going to die. If it does die , wash the cage and toys in very heat water and a disinfectant and wait some weeks in the previous getting yet another chicken.
2016-11-27 21:11:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it all depends some timed feathers will grow back other times they wont depends how long the bird has gone with out feathers and why he does not have any feathers. i would take him to the vet to know for sure. sorri if i did not help you out at all
2006-10-11 14:01:45 · answer #4 · answered by hot_temptrist420 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably just molting, all birds do it, and if that's what happening, there probably isn't any reason to panic. If the cat did pull them out, they'll still probably grow back anyway...
2006-10-11 12:54:20 · answer #5 · answered by Isabel 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
this situation is called molting and when feathers are lost they definetly grow back. ur parakeet will be fine.relax
2006-10-11 01:28:20 · answer #6 · answered by jessie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes he is just Molting. They do that. Check with the pet store but most of the time that is normal.
2006-10-11 01:18:01 · answer #7 · answered by bildymooner 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes they will grow back, now is a good time to train him to sit on your finger, since he cant fly. Maybe you have already. Have fun and enjoy
2006-10-11 13:07:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont know if they will or not . i always thought they would. i would call a vet or a pet shop and ask them.
2006-10-11 01:25:59 · answer #9 · answered by ms01 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋