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    Wing And Tail Feathers Moult

    Gurkan replied to Gurkan's post in a topic in Health Questions and Tips
    A more clear photo: The quill of the feather (above the number date field in the photo) is like a cavity and full of black things. First I thought it was dry blood.
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    Wing And Tail Feathers Moult

    Gurkan replied to Gurkan's post in a topic in Health Questions and Tips
    If it is a quill mites then what can I do for the treatment?Also generally he plays with his wing feathers and tail feathers more often. This behaviour is not like preen, but like trying to pluck it or to scratch the area. This makes me suspicious about mites.
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    Wing And Tail Feathers Moult

    Gurkan replied to Gurkan's post in a topic in Health Questions and Tips
    It is hard to find avian vet in my country. Let me show you a photo of the feather dropped recently: http://lh6.ggpht.com/_30KHrAAPsrU/SXVuDZg3...00/CIMG1821.JPG
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    Wing And Tail Feathers Moult

    Gurkan posted a post in a topic in Health Questions and Tips
    I am a newbie in this forum. I have read a lot of interesting things in this forum and I see that most of you are so experienced and well-informed about budgies. I have a question about one of my budgies which I asked some other forums and can't get satisfactory answers. I have a male budgie. We owned him last June. I thought he is at least 2-3 months old when we owned him. This is one of his photos when we owned him: Approximately 3 months ago he was started to drop his primary flight feathers. I found his feathers on the ground. These feathers were complete (not broken) with a feather capsule full of blood. When you put pressure on these capsules blood came out. This was normal I think because these were blood feathers. Also in the center of the feathers near the capsules there were black lines like dry blood. Till this period he can fly without any problem. Firstly I thought he fought with other budgies. After some time he lost almost all of his primary flight feathers. One or two weeks ago while trying to fly, his longest tail feather also dropped. Newer ones grew on the both side of the wings, however these were weaker and smaller than the original ones. And when he tries to fly these feathers dropped again generally. This photo was taken 2 weeks ago: After some period not permitting to exit from the cage and supporting with vitamins. Now he is in this situation: I don't know whether it is BFD or he is plucking his feathers beacuse of some other skin problems. What do you think about the situation? Is he French Moult?