My cockatiel's long tail feathers are gone. Is that normal?

Question

He did used to crash into stuff, and his longer tail feathers would break, and eventually fall off. now he has no long feathers. I know they'll grow back, but is it healthy for birds to lose that many tail feathers?

Answer 1

He could have knocked them out or he is just molting--very common around this time of year. It won't hurt him. Mine flys fine without his tail feathers when this happens. :)

Answer 2

Get thee to an avian vet! He can probable provide you some thoughts and tricks (perhaps meds) to help the fowl. Tiels can surely bleed out, so the bleeding concerns me. The probable motives are boredom, rigidity and warm climate (or a mix of all. Do you not pay adequate interest to the fowl? Cockatiels are very social and choose a pair of HOURS of interest an afternoon. perhaps get yet another fowl? it is going to lose that's type, hand-fed nature, yet a minimum of it could have a chum. what's it ingesting? healthy ingredients or purely seeds? greater desirable molting supplements? Do you grant it sparkling water to bathe in many times and spritz it each and on a daily basis? Is there yet another fowl, cat, canines or baby which would be antagonizing it? Are you changing out the toys? Bringing in new ones? undergo in innovations: Tiels are gentle and that they don't look to be self-protecting. good good fortune.

Answer 3

Well, it hinders their flying ability. Our Green Cheek Conure lost his long tail feathers as well, but over time they grew back. Just as long as nothing bad happens and you make sure you limit out-of-cage time, your cockatiel should be fine.

Answer 4

yea dude its pretty normal calm down,relax,and enjoy life

Answer 5

Its molting, they will grow back. its normal

Answer 6

ya...they grow back longer and more colorful :)