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Wing feather removed

Postby Tmypittu » Sat Apr 19, 2014 12:23 am

My eclectus is just 6 months old male. Recently i had removed its right wing primary feathers.

And now its been 19 days. Still no sign of growing back.

So how long it takes to regrow?
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Re: Wing feather removed

Postby Pajarita » Sat Apr 19, 2014 8:06 am

2 years if kept to a solar schedule and a good diet. Now, your statement begs the question: why in the world would you cut or remove the primaries from one wing?
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Re: Wing feather removed

Postby Tmypittu » Mon Apr 21, 2014 8:19 pm

Its not true. Feather stick already started growing
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Re: Wing feather removed

Postby marie83 » Tue Apr 22, 2014 5:09 am

Tmypittu wrote:Its not true. Feather stick already started growing


It does depend where they are in the moult cycle as to how long it takes but in general pajarita is correct and all species differ a bit. Why on earth did you do it in the first place, it's downright cruel, much crueller than merely clipping the wings which is more than bad enough.
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Re: Wing feather removed

Postby Pajarita » Tue Apr 22, 2014 8:01 am

If your bird is molting now, unless you live in the Southern Hemisphere, it's off-season so you must be keeping it to a human light schedule instead of a solar one as birds are supposed to be kept.
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