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Why is my quaker parrot plucking her feathers2007-11-24 17:27:37

She's healthy and taken care of, but she plucks and plucks.. i give her attention and love but she still plucks

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She is unhappy and bored. You need to place her in another cage with all new toys she doesnt know yet. Changing her place to live will help her be less bored. You can get some bitter apple spray or vinigar and spray her to stop her from plucking because she wont like the taste.

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guess its time to visit the vet.

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Stress? Something lacking in her diet? I think you should take her to a vet who specializes in birds.

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stress or maybe she has a mental disorder only a vet can really tell you

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She could be stressed due to environmental factors, such as loud noises or something along those lines. It could also be diet. The best thing to do would be to go see an avian vet. But some also say that feather plucking can be an inherited behavior, you just never know.

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You may think this sounds crazy' Your bird is having a mental breakdown. You need to take it to the vet.

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Maybe she wants new feathers. Better ones.

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She may be plucking out the loose feathers.

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It could be a number of reasons, stress, behavioral, environmental, physical, hormonal, you just don't know and the best way to find out is to take her to an avian vet. They will need to run tests to see if it's physical or not. If it's not physical than it's mainly a process of elimination to figure out the reason for plucking and you may never find out. Good luck!

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usually this is done by either dietary needs, stress, or lack of attention.