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From: richman@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: Another question regarding budgies
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Date: 3 Nov 89 10:40:34 GMT
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Nf-From: uxe.cso.uiuc.edu!richman    Nov  2 16:24:00 1989


}To your budgie, this is the same as a deep massage or a loving back-scratch,
}because for some birds, the skin gets quite irritated during the molt.  Note:
}some pet birds feel the molt more than others--some pets don't like to be 
}scratched even during their molt, as you indicated. 
}
} 
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}R. Cody Buchmann                             ^.^  
}   "Kehaar"                 
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}email: rcb33483@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu       "Now I fly for you..." - Watership Down
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Just to add a comment to the above thread, some birds, notably
Cockatiels seem to enjoy having their pin feathers "popped"
gently.  Many parrots become much more affectionate when
moulting for this reason.  However, a bird in moult needs to
have good hygene and lots of food, vegetables, fruits and
calcium (or a subset, depending on the bird).
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