Comments for Budgie Moulting

Los, 3 October 2024

My parakeet named Tito doesn’t want to whistle after we do it and he’s sleeping after waking up. I wonder why?

Muhammad, 6 August 2024

Budgies generally become more puffy so the feathers have more room to fall. The feathers fall in flight or the budgies scratch/preen them off to.They also just fall off like hair fall of ours.

Muhammad, 6 August 2024

@Theresa, There's no need to stress over the change in attitude.As stated birds become sluggish/play when rarely in mood.Id recommend feeding the lil puff some cucumber and getting a perch that they can scratch themselves on.Try approaching them in a happier mood and try to scratch the pins so dandruff and wax comes off a bit.if they no want,u no do.theyll be fine in a couple of months/next month make sure to provide calcium and vitamins(fruits n stuff). Another person asked about black spots on feathers,perhaps it's dirt or something.you asked of mites that generally harm the birbs beak and feet,see if they're turning crusty.Apply olive oil on it's nose and give the bird sprays in warm room (6-7 Neem plant leaves soaked in 1liter water for a few hours).if no help get vet ofc.

Theresa, 16 May 2024

hi! my parakeet male (miep) almost 1 year is molting, i feel this distance from him and its making me super sad bc when i get home from work he usually is happy to see me and chip chirps away. He doesn’t want to play peekaboo he isn’t coming to my calls. We don’t cage him during the day only night and i’ve been finding him at the highest purch available which he doesn’t really go to bc it’s by the ceiling. but a week ago i did a grab bc i wanted to check is nails. its only the second time ive ever grabbed him the other time was a night terror when i first got him. could he still be upset with me? i feel really sick to my stomach bc im starting to think he is sick. there are feathers everywhere. The first time i met him and this happened i took him to the vet which was fine bc he needed an initial vet visit but he had a clean bill of health. and i CANNOT afford a vet not now or the next three months. my bills are insane. anyone have a parakeet they treat like a child and know of this behavioral issues/molting please reach it! ty also i’ve been so insanely stressed. and im a bit worried he might have picked this up. but he usually relieves my stress. so now im insane. please note me he is super chill.

Jackie, 17 November 2022

When molting, do parakeets help the feathers fall out or do they fall out on their own?

Rin, 10 December 2021

my budgie is little more puffy when moulting. is that normal?

Adnuly, 6 July 2021

Hello, I live in Europe, and it's very hot during the summer here, so my budgies usually molt in the spring.. but I've noticed that my female budgie Bella, has been acting weird lately, and that she has some tiny black spots on her head, and loss of feathers under her wings. Those spots started to appear 2-3 days ago, but today they were really black and intense. I'm not sure if she's molding because she didn't look like that last year, when she did mold. I'm afraid it might me mites, but since I'm under-age, I can't go to the vet myself. My parents think it's nothing and they don't want to take her. The male budgie seems to be fine. I don't know what to do.

Linda, 22 April 2020

I lost a beautiful parakeet to two nasty parakeets that bullied that poor bird. I blame myself for not separating it from the bullies. Now that it is gone they fight with each other.

Marilda, 8 January 2020

She just got to the little pen feathers showing up.

Kitty, 3 January 2020

Thanks for the info!! My lil mans bein a right nibbly an cranky beggar. But now I know why, will he be back to bein his snuggly lil self again? Do I still try training days with him? Or should i just let him get on with his lil old man phase an just top up his seeds an water an stuff? Thanks. 1st time budgie mum