> My AG for some unknown reason pulled almost all of his red tail 
 > feathers out last night. There has been no changes in his or our 
 > routines etc. around here, and he seems as healthy as can be. He did 
 > start to go into a molt about a week ago, but that's about it. The 
 > funny thing is that he only pulled out the red ones - no grey at 
 > all.  All comments regarding this would be appreciated. Of course, 
 > we are keeping an eagle eye on him, and are ready to shoot him off 
 > to the Vet if anything else happens. Weird ( and scary ) - at least 
 > I've got a wack of feathers to make earings for my wife. Thanks
As you said, I wouldn't get too hysterical about it...yet. If he's molting as 
it is, those tail feathers may have been a little loose to begin with. I've 
seen some molting greys with only one or two tail feathers until the molt is 
over.  It never progressed to a plucking problem in those cases.
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