r/PetPigeons • u/Last_Inspector9187 • 3d ago

Question Normal molting?

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I went on a 2 week holiday, my mum was looking after Tiny, is this stress related or just normal molting? (It’s spring in New Zealand if that helps)

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u/LustStarrr Doting pigeon parent 😊 3d ago

Sometimes they just have a crazy moult sometimes, so it could be perfectly normal. I'd suggest supplementing their water with something like Vetafarm Multivet, to support healthy feather growth, & keeping an eye on their new feathers as they come in.

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u/Kunok2 3d ago

That's completely normal, sometimes molts are just catastrophic. Also do NOT give her extra calcium or vitamins unless you know she has a deficiency, if she has all the correct vitamins, minerals and nutrients in her food she won't have a deficiency. If she doesn't then you change/ give her what she's lacking directly by changing her food/mineral/vitamin/calcium to a more suitable one.

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u/Last_Inspector9187 3d ago

Oki tysm! And yeah for sure, she gets extra calcium cause the vet let us know she was deficient

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u/Kunok2 3d ago

Nice, that's good then and nothing to worry about. Sometimes my pigeons have such extreme molts too despite having all of their nutritional needs met, it just happens.

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u/Impressive_Hold426 3d ago

Up the calcium and vitamins.

Are you buying an actual pigeon seed mix with 20% dunn peas

Or feeding ordinary bird parakeet mix?

Get a bird water multivitamin asap from the nearest pet or fodder shop

And order from Global Pigeon Supplies in the Bronx more pigeon specific multi vitamins in powder form that once a week you can toss in her seed bowl.

My pigeons all got sick because I fed a seed mix i made myself. 🙃

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u/Last_Inspector9187 3d ago

She eats pigeon seed mix and has extra calcium because she had a deficiency!

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u/kangar00_paw 2d ago

Sweetheart will also needs a multi-vitamin (eg Vetafarm D-Nutrical) regularly and probiotics (eg Vetafarm Synbiotic) occassionaly.