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Posted by torikonero on Sun, 11/16/2008 - 19:37 :: Quakers
My quaker is in good health except that she never seems to finish molting. The back of her head always has a couple of pin feathers, and right now (middle of November), she has a good number of them around her neck and the back of her head. I try to help her preen, but either I am always hitting blood feathers or she just doesn't like me touching her head for long periods of time. I have tried a molting spray, and it seemed to work for a while, but now it doesn't seem to be helping.

My bird refuses to eat pretty much everything except her parrot food and millet. I know this means her diet is not varied enough, but I have run out of foods to offer her. Any advice? I have heard of bird supplements you can add to the food in powder form, and if this would help her molting/general health I'd like to know which ones to try. Thanks!
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Posted by torikonero on Sun, 11/16/2008 - 19:41.
While I'm here I might as well ask...is there a maximum size limit for quaker cages? My quaker (Suki) has a large cage right now, but I think it might be fun for her to upgrade to something larger. I don't want to overwhelm her though, so I haven't gotten anything yet.
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Posted by Rodney Semones on Wed, 01/07/2009 - 12:06.
I find that our quakers have a couple of pin feathers almost all of the time when they are young. Our adult Qs have beautiful feathers most of the time. We have had the molting season happen at various times of the year. Give frequent baths or spray more often with room temprature water. As for your birds diet, well there are many schools of thought on that. We feed our Qs pellets along with a good veggie mix. There are many recipes on the Internet. We also feed sprouted seeds along with a good mix of dried seed and grains. Stay away from the really oily seeds like sunflower. They are okay if you sprout them though. As for you cage size I say the bigger the better. Let your budget decide.
Have a great day.
Rodney Semones
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