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Why aren't my parrot's trimmed feathers growing back after months?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Bird | Unknown - Bird | Female | 9 months and 27 days old | 0.198 lbs

My parrot is 11 month old indian ringneck female ,i trimmed wings of her and it's not growing back its almost 7 months... plz suggest something

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Answered By Dr. Strydom, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on March 5th, 2018

In nature birds need to be able to fly all of the time and therefore they don't lose all their wing feathers (primaries and secondaries) at one time. Because of this the trimmed feathers don't regrow all at the same time. It may take a long time until the process is complete. It can take anywhere from several months to a year before the feathers grow back. I would not be overly concerned at this stage. You can try giving hear a feather growth supplement to see if it will help. I like one from Nekton Bio. ( https://www.petsworld.in/nekton-bio-supplement-for-bird-feathering-35-gms.html ) Hope this helps. Best wishes!

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