Sentences with phrase «during molting»

Northern elephant seals during molting season at Piedras Blancas beach, near San Simeon, California

The «bush» coat sheds a little year round, but the «horse» coat tends to shed only during molting periods.

During molting, it is easy to see new feathers, called pinfeathers, growing on a bird's head.

Your bird will feel more comfortable and be less stressed during the molting process.

Your bird will naturally feel more defensive and fearful during the molting process.

Birds that sing or talk will do so less often during its molting period.

The horse coated Shar - Pei sheds rather heavily during molting, and will need weekly bathing and extra brushing to remove dead hair.

During the molting period, daily brushing will be a good way to monitor the process, as some dogs are prone to eczema during this time.

During the molting season, they should be regularly brushed to help the shedding process and minimize the amount of hair that ends up in your rabbit's digestive tract.

They are, however, seasonal shedders, so brushing them regularly during molting season will help prevent the spread of dog hair throughout the home.

During the molting of feathers, additional fat, protein and vitamins may be required in the diet.

These observations indicate that Hooded Warblers are acutely sensitive to the costs of providing parental care during molt.

To prevent this problem, feed your bunny a lot of roughage and veggies high in fiber, and brush them routinely, especially during the molt seasons.

Not exact matches

Our chickens go into a molt during the cold dark winter months.

Bed bugs molt during their life cycle, so they leave a lot of exoskeletons behind.

After a successful breeding season — during which we welcomed a new rockhopper chick into our care — both the rockhopper and Magellanic penguins are in various stages of their annual molt, a process that will span several weeks.

According to Rasgon, people can react not only to the mites themselves but also to their exoskeletons, which are shed as the mites molt during their life cycles.

After spending a relatively leisurely winter and early spring luxuriating in warm tropical climates, they migrate north for a brief but highly eventful summer in North America, during which they must complete three energetically demanding and time - consuming tasks: (1) they must build nests, lay eggs, and provide for their offspring until the young reach independence, (2) they must completely replace all the feathers in their plumage as part of the annual molt, and (3) they must prepare for the fall southward migration by eating prodigiously and storing the body fat that will fuel their long - distance flights.

«Whereas the avian annual cycle may be synchronized to segregate the major energy - demanding functions of molt, migration and reproduction, we recognize that events during any one phase of the annual cycle have repercussions across the entire annual cycle,» adds Frank Moore of the University of Southern Mississippi, the ornithologist who first outlined the two hypotheses.

Larvae molt into eight - legged nymphs, during which time they are no bigger than a poppy seed.

Experts on bird mating, however, say the owl's extensive molting and twig - gathering behavior, as well as its alleged lining of a nest with clumps of grass and feathers, suggest that the bird was sexually active during the weeks it spent with the vice president.

During nesting season each spring and during and shortly after the summer molt, adult geese are aggressive and can threaten people — especially children — who wander close to nests or get between the birds and the During nesting season each spring and during and shortly after the summer molt, adult geese are aggressive and can threaten people — especially children — who wander close to nests or get between the birds and the during and shortly after the summer molt, adult geese are aggressive and can threaten people — especially children — who wander close to nests or get between the birds and the water.

Grooming should be done bi-weekly during off - molting seasons and weekly when their molts are in full swing.

During the winter season, their fur is denser and thicker, and after molting, slicker and more lightweight in the summer months.

Like most rabbit breeds, the Champagne d'Argent rabbit will also go through a seasonal molt (much like a dog when it sheds in the Spring) and during that time, you will have to groom them a little more often than usual.

May stop eating up to two weeks before a molt; do not disturb during this time.

Weekly brushingis enough, but it must be daily in spring and autumn because during these seasons the American Akita molts its coat.

Depending on the concentration of pyriproxyfen, the larvae will die as instars, or during their larval - pupal or pupal - adult molt.

Besides replacing old or damaged feathers, molting also helps to regulate a bird's body temperature during the winter.

They molt during the spring and summer, so they will need to be brushed more often to prevent mats.

You may find yourself grooming vigorously during the seasonal molts, but likely experience less maintenance the rest of the year.

During growth the lobster molts the old, smaller carapace.

[7] When it comes time to molt, they will haul out on land to shed their outer layer, and will not consume any food during this time.

Northern males and young adults haul out during June to July to molt; northern females and immature seals during April to May.