Re: preserving macaw feathers
Posted by GrreyLady on 2/18/08

As for timing, my Macaw seems to just drop some here and
there, both body feathers and the tail and flights, a few at
a time but there has never been what I could really call a
huge, major molt. As for keeping them, I also keep all of
the dropped tail and flight feathers and I just stand them in
vases as if they were flowers. I've never had any thing
bother them. I'm not sure feathers are something a moth
would be interested in. I thought they only go after wool but
I could be wrong about that. In any case, I've not had any
damage to any of my feathers, no matter how long I've had
them.

Posts on this thread, including this one

• preserving macaw feathers, 2/16/08, by trish.
• Re: preserving macaw feathers, 2/18/08, by GrreyLady.