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No molt in two years

Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2013 10:46 am
by bdotan01
Hello.
My gouldian male has not molt in two years.
His eggs are all infertile.
I removed the nest.
what more can I do to promot molting?

Thank you.

Re: No molt in two years

Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2013 4:05 pm
by DanteD716
Is he on a good diet? Sometimes switching the diet helps... Make sure he is getying fresh greens, a calcium source, and a good seed mixture. Eggfood is also good. Sometimes monitoring the amount of light they get helps

Re: No molt in two years

Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2013 6:08 pm
by finchmix22
Dante gave good suggestions. The gouldians need a resting period between breeding cycles. How many clutches have there been? Have you given them a rest so they can moult? They will moult when they are on an austere (seed only) diet for a month. Then, you can start adding veggies and eventually eggfood to start to get them into breeding condition again.

Re: No molt in two years

Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2013 2:13 pm
by bdotan01
Thank you for your advice.
I started an austere diet and removed the nest.
He seems to begin changing.
But, it started to have trouble flying.
Could it be related?
Thanks!

Re: No molt in two years

Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2013 2:25 pm
by finchmix22
If he's losing lots of feather, possibly. Make sure there is nothing else going on.

Re: No molt in two years

Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 6:28 am
by bdotan01
Hello again,

My gouldian is in fact molting.
But, While the hen is regrowing her feathers, the cock does not.
They are getting egg food and iodine, a good seed mixutre (versa laga).
So, why is it that he is not regrowing his feathers?
He began having bald spots on his head.

Thank you.

Re: No molt in two years

Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 8:56 am
by wilkifam
If he is losing feathers, but not regrowing them, then he is still not molting.

Re: No molt in two years

Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 12:19 pm
by bdotan01
Than what is he going through?

Re: No molt in two years

Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2013 9:56 am
by bdotan01
any Ideas?

Thanks!

Re: No molt in two years

Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2013 3:54 pm
by debbie276
Have you tried giving him an austere diet for 4 weeks?

Here's an explanation of it
http://www.gouldiansgalore.com/diet.html

Also too much iodine can cause problems, it is actually poisonous and can kill your Gouldians if you administer too much of it into their diet. Once you get your birds the iodine needed in their system to cure this deficiency, the thyroid gland will heal quickly and it will take about 4 to 6 weeks for your birds to re-grow their feathers back.

As far as being infertile it could be a few things; over weight, nutritional, genetics and even over use of medication like Doxycycline.