Longest tail feathers missing

[Amy]

Lily has lost both her longest tail feathers,:(

Is it:

Because she's moulting?

She's in breeding condition?

She's ill?

Or something else?

Please help because I'm really worried.:S

[Joey]

When she went inside the nestbox they had fallen out because they bent on the sides of the box.My females do that also sometimes when breeding. They should grow back in a few months.

[Amy]

Oh right, yes I think that may have happened, thank you. I agree with you.

[Budgiekin]

I agree with Joey. That is nothing to be concerned about. In fact, something that is interesting is when budgies shoot out all of their tail feathers instantaneously as a survival mechanism. This happened one time to my little Kiwi when I went to take him to the shop to get his wings clipped. The lady let go of him so he flew off and when she tried to grab him, she just grabbed the longest tail feathers, so he just let them all go. They literally all just fell out! After I got over the trauma of that experience, I couldn't stop laughing at my stumpy tailed little budgiekin for weeks!!

Notice my little Kiwi without his long tail feathers!! :p

http://i3.tinypic.com/vqtich.jpg

[Joey]

lol...I hate it when my birds tail feathers fall out.They look so not like a budgie.Thats why they are called parakeets also because of thier long tail feathers.:)

[Bea]

Just as long as she isn't moulting, if she's moulting then you should take the nest box out for a while as moulting and breeding is too much stress to put on a hen.

[Joey]

No shes not moulting if just her tail feathers fell out?I think they fell out because she bent them on the nestbox that happend to my female to When she had eggs and then babies a few years ago.:) :budgie: :)

[Bea]

Well i've been breeding budgies for a couple of years and i've never had a hen drop her tail feathers because she bent them. The only normal reason for tail feathers to fall out would be to moult them out.

[Amy]

She isn't moulting because no other feathers are/have come/coming out.

Thank you for all your help, Stumpy Sends her love!

[Freya]

*laughs* Stumpy :P..O.o does that only happen to female budgies? 'Cause both of my male budgies longest tail feathers fell out after the third day that I brought him home..>.>...which was about a month ago..

[Mistyoriline]

It could happen to males if they are scared into doing this ....I think any way glad she will be ok.

[Amy]

She is getting new feathers already! She isn't really 'Stumpy' anymore...

[Freya]

Yay! I'm happy for you ^^
Okay..okay..he's gunna be okay right? They'll grow back right? *panic*

[Mistyoriline]

yes they will grow back calm your jets.....parents are always so over pertective with thier budgie kids:)

[Amy]

Correction! She is a SHE! And they're already growing back really quickly!

[Amy]

Oh my mistake, your budgies! I thought you meant my Lily!

[Freya]

hehe thats okay, no worries ^^ hehe..and yes I know I'm a spaz-head :P

[Amy]

No your not! HA HA!

[Freya]

Hehe ^^ Yay then!

[Amy]

Lucky you....

[Mistyoriline]

yes lucky you ...lol

[Amy]

LMAO! Everyone is just too funny!

[Freya]

Funny..and I'm confused now! >.< Lucky what? Whats lucky? Augh, my brain!

[Amy]

You are lucky!

[Freya]

Oh me? How come?

[Amy]

Erm, I don't know I've forgottten, anyway, when my camera starts working I'll show you all how Lily's feathers are coming back!

[Freya]

Yay! I can't wait! ^^ I wish my camera would work..that way I could maybe take more pictures of Petri! ^^ Petri and his one pose :P

[Amy]

Very posh!

[Freya]

hehe..um..whats 'posh'?

[Amy]

Like hansome and well, Straight backed, smart, ect.

[Freya]

Oh okay ^^ Sorry, I was confused ^^

[Amy]

So am I! :p

[Freya]

*laughs* Nothing wrong with confusedness!

[Amy]

Nothing at all! My camera is still not working....

[Freya]

Aww make sure you tell us when you get it fixed! I wanna see more pictures of your beau---tiful birds! ^^..and I need to buy some not-cheap batteries!

[Amy]

It's fixed! I'll put some pics up later...