Mine has been in good condition (still sparkling) each time.

went from rolanberry red last night to dalamud red. fed 3 valfruit (only 1 gave feather message) and 4 apples (all gave feather message)

Today fed just apples, 20 of them, but the first 15 gave no message. Now waiting the last 2 hours to see. Almost gave up on the apples, thinking it wasn't
going to ever give me the message.