Pin Feathers 'n' molting

On your left, is a pic of a baby bird. (baby Lovebird) just covered in pin feathers.

Not a pretty sight, but you should see the bird afterwards.







Another reason why we preen, is because we need to smooth our pin feathers out. What are pin feathers, you ask? Well, humans have hair; you just grow hair, there's nothing blocking. We birds, however, are covered with feathers. Now, it'd be a right funny sight (as well as uncomfy) for to just start growing full feathers out of our plumage. No, we have what you call pin feathers. The feathers grow inside a covering that looks like a small stick with a pointed end. If you'd like a more specific description as well as development, Click Here for Wikipedia's explanation.

This is how we grow back feathers from our molting season. We have to molt, of course, not all feathers stay fresh...

Fooooooood

Yuuummmy! Now here's my favorite topic! Food, saffron seeds, sunflower seeds, millet seeds, the list goes on and on. We don't just eat seeds, though. Too many seeds make us fat! Because seeds are mostly starch and such, it would be like eating bread all the time. We eat veggies, all kinds of veggies. Carrot sticks, broccoli, cauliflower, string beans, lettuce...see, all kinds of veggies. Just don't feed a lovebird or cockatiel tomatoes or any mushy foods. Like avocado. Oh, and just in case, consult a handbook afore giving a bird a certain veggie, not all foods good for humans are good for birds!

We could eat bread too. Really, even the birds outside eat bread! Cooked spaghetti strings are also a treat, the look like worms. Regular bread if you please, nothing fancy added to it, just in case. Tortilla is fun to eat as well as rice.

Chocolate. Biiiiiiggggg NO for a bird, or any "Pet" for that matter!!

Long time no blog...

...a'cause I've been busy preening my fluffy feathers! No, I'm joking, but we do have to preen. Preening helps our feathers to stay healthy and free from dust or other such harmful and flight preventing objects. Preening also keeps our feathers in place after flight so the next time we need to escape, our feathers are ready.
Tail feathers are particularly important. They are our rudders for flight. Any science book can tell you, so I won't go in to much detail.

Toys...well now that's a thing hard to come by, particularly since mistress hasn't a job. Yes, toys are very expensive, so inventive mistress gives us string. Not the kind of string you use to sew cloth, a nice kind of string to make knots in. You see, they can't be very thin, or we risk getting our necks ouched. Knotted string, however, is a wonderful substitute for toys. We unravel the knots, and oh it's very fun! Not too long of a string though...