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My bird sits on my knee when he is preening himself and I have noticed little bits of what looks like skin,small little white pieces....

 

So I just want to know what this is and if I should be concerned or not.

Nope no concern, the white that you see is their skin and the downy feathers that they have. What a cutie :hap:

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Nope no concern, the white that you see is their skin and the downy feathers that they have. What a cutie :hap:

 

Thanks for help,I think he might be going through a moult because he has a head like a hedgehog........

 

I assume thats his new feathers coming through.......

:ygbudgie: Yes, those spikes would be new feathers coming in and that other stuff I call "budgie dandruff", it's perfectly normal, (or any bird for that matter does the same thing, cockatiels have a lot of dander), you should see my shoulders sometimes! :hap:

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Oh yes the spikey head look (Laughing out loud) those are called pin feathers and the sheath will come off and he will look beautiful once again :hap:

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Thank you all for the info..... :hap:

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