Balders got extremely sleepy and had a messy vent as well as being sick or regurgitating a few times recently.

He's perfectly fine now but I realised it was just him moulting. Lot's of fine feathers and skin flakes all over. I really thought he was ill but a bit of reading later, it's just part of the process.

It takes a lot out of them all that shedding and growing must do. They need lot's of protein in this period. He was sleeping on both feet aswell but I knew in my gut it was just moulting behaviour. I must admit it was a little scary as I've never had a bird moult before, well I've only had him and Timmy and Daisy so it's still all new in most respects. As a lot of that behaviour points to illness you have to be careful.

**(He was still himself and wasn't listless at the bottom of the cage and he was eating and drinking as normal otherwise I would have taken him to the vet)**

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