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Featherless African Grey, Please Help2007-11-24 17:07:12

This tastes bad so that he wont want to chew on the feathers (especially works if the chewing is because of habit) and if the skin is itchy, the aloe will make it better. I use this on lots of birds and it works wonderfully.

I also love the idea of snapping or distracting him whenever you catch him trying to chew feathers. Since this is a habit, it will take lots of time to fix. Also, the sock buddy can help because if the bird just likes chewing, it'll keep at the sock because it doesn't taste bad, it doesn't get "bald" like his skin after he pulls the feathers, and (if you use a colored sock) it's much prettier and fun to chew!

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Normally this kind of behavior is related to stress and loneliness or poor diet or a combination of the two. If he started biting his feathers after his cage was moved, I would be for finding another place for his cage. I would assume that the place his cage is now either isolates him too much or possibly has too much commotion. I have a Congo African Grey who is 3 and he has always been in one of the busiest parts of the house. Even when we bought a new house and moved, he was relocated to another busy part of the house. He hates to be ignored and if we happen to have a busy busy day where he doesn't get to come out of his cage, he becomes very broody and irritable. Greys need LOTS of attention

If your grey is getting plenty of attention and interaction, and moving his cage to another area doesn't help, make sure that he is getting a healthy diet, one made of pellets, fresh fruit and veges and variety. Be sure he only gets a very small amount of seeds and nuts...just as a treat. Make sure he gets enough calcium and protein also.