Budgie feather loss on one wing

Question
Thank you very much for your speedy reply. I'll try an describe it better:
On one wing she has lost all the long feathers at the tip of her wing - i guess these are called the flight feathers. I am concerned because it's only on the one wing and all of them have come off in a very short period of time not little by little.Occasionly she has molted these large feathers but only one at a time every so often. Is this normal, even for molting season? She was out of her cage yesterday and when she attemted to fly she flew to the ground and smacked into the wall - which is very unlike her. I'm also concerned as she has been slightly neglected the last week and did not have clean water- maybe this is the reason for her abnormal droppings...today she did some that were purely clear liquid with abit of cloudy white - She has never produced droppings like this before. Is it possible that she is stressed or unhappy? I am worried because I travel alot with her and she doesnt have a regular routine or place of abode. For the past three months she has not been allowed out of her cage and there are other periods when she is constantly out and entertained. She doesn't have any other of the signs of illness you metioned. Thank-you very much for your help.   
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My budgie has lost all the big feathers from under its right wing in a matter of a few days. She cannot fly properly and i noticed her poo wasn't normal it had a green solid bit and the rest was cloudy white liquid.

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Hi, Chloe.  Thanks for posting!

Your statement that your budgie has lost all it's big feathers from under it's right wing is a bit confusing.  Do you mean it's wing flight feathers have fallen out (there are no big feathers UNDER the wing...the wing consists of 3 layers of feathers)?  It's molting season for birds.  This means a bird replaces every feather on it's body with a new feather in a matter of about a month.  This process can be very stressful on a bird.  Could this be what is happening with your budgie?  Have you noticed other feathers falling out little by little?

The poo you describe sounds normal to me.  Is your bird showing any other signs of illness, sitting fluffed up when not sleeping, messy vent, any liquid coming out of nostrils, any open-mouth breathing, is s/he eating/drinking normally, etc.?

You know your bird better than anyone else.  If you think s/he might be ill, don't hesitate to seek avian medical assistance ASAP.  But from your post, I don't really see a problem.

If you can provide more details, I might be able to help out further.

Chrys

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Hi again, Chloe.  Thanks for the details...very helpful.

You may have several things going on here.  

Birds don't always molt the same way every season.  It's possible all the flight feathers came off at the same time, but is it possible they may have fallen out a day or 2 apart without you knowing?  Each wing may not lose feathers at the same rate.  This is why your bird hit the wall...the lack of these flight feathers resulted in inbalance when she tried to fly, she didn't know how to control herself, so she hit the wall.  This is very dangerous for a bird, as they can break their necks and pass away immediately if they hit hard enough and in the right place.  Is it possible she hurt herself when she hit the wall?  

Dirty water is a very bad thing!  It may be the reason for what you call abnormal droppings, but the big problem with dirty water is bacteria.  When a bird drinks dirty water, it's actually drinking bacteria water, which can make the bird seriously ill.  It's VERY important a bird have fresh, clean water each and every day.  Your bird may have a bacterial/digestive infection causing abnormal droppings.  Stress can result in watery droppings, however, firm green/brown droppings (depending on what the bird has recently eaten) with white liquid are normal droppings.  She could also be stressed out if you normally interact with her every day, then to neglect her for a week...she might be confused as to what is going on (she might think she's done something wrong).  This is how behavior problems begin.  

I would recommend you establish some type of routine with this bird.  Birds love routine, however, they can get used to nonroutines.  There's nothing wrong with the bird traveling with you, but time in/out of the cage needs to be on a more regular schedule.  In other words, it's not good to keep the bird caged for 3 months, then let it out now and again, then cage it for a period of time, then let her out.  Set some type of schedule whereby the bird can come out of her cage for a period of time every day...this is the routine birds prefer. This certainly hasn't helped her psychologically, and she may be unhappy about this.  As long as she has "her cage" and she's with you when traveling, she can get used to traveling.  I would worry if, during your travels, the bird is exposed to different climates that might have an ill effect on her health (from different climates)...is this the type travel you are referring to?  Also, traveling exposes your bird to different types of germs that she might not be exposed to if she remained in one place.  A bird's system "gets used" to certain germs in one location, i.e., they build antibodies in their bodies to fend off germs they are exposed to on a regular basis.  

You know your bird better than anyone else.  If you think she could be ill, take her to an avian veterinarian for a medical evaluation ASAP.  This could ease your mind and ensure your bird doesn't have something more serious going on.

Come back with any further questions.

Chrys