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by Sojourner » Sat Feb 27, 2016 12:47 am
wilkifam
You mean like 6 weeks from the beginning of the molt?
It's been more like 6 MONTHS that he's been tail-less, altogether. They actually gave him to me for free, I suspect because they assumed his tail feathers weren't coming back, after having him in the back for 3 or 4 months already.
I'm a terrible wimp about these birds. Every new thing terrifies me. Not so much the tail feathers per se, as he is getting around in his current cage OK, he can fly from the perch at one end to the other (about 3'). When I first got him he would make a leap for the cage side and fling himself into the bars instead of grabbing them, or he'd miss his perch, but he finally got the dimensions of the cage into his tiny little bird brain.
Don't even say "air sac mites" to me though. Since I read that thread, I am constantly watching them to see if they're panting, LOL!
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