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I'm so sorry to hear Milty is plucking again.
That was my thought too. Once the trigger is pulled. It's pulled. There are a great many stresses in a parrots life. It is not always a specific thing that causes the problem but rather an accumulation of all the small stresses in their life. They cope to a point until that one last thing pulls the trigger.Could it possibly be Buddy ? the recent addition to the flock sometimes backtracking to get to the root cause, and what has changed significantly in his environment may give you some leads.
I know we discussed this a couple of weeks ago. I've taken special care that Milton and Buddy don't see each other anymore. It requires a lot of pushing Buddy's cage around (thank goodness for wheels)That was my thought too. Once the trigger is pulled. It's pulled. There are a great many stresses in a parrots life. It is not always a specific thing that causes the problem but rather an accumulation of all the small stresses in their life. They cope to a point until that one last thing pulls the trigger.
And cockatoos are by far the most psychologically vulnerable species out there.
Come on Milton. Stop abusing yourself. Please.
Actually the sheaths were starting to unfurl on the ends...that's what makes it even more sad...they were almost done growing back.Maybe the sheaths were pinchy & irritated him so he pulled them out.
They did look like nails sticking out so maybe they hurt?
Hopefully that's what it will end up like. We can experiment with different types of sock cutting...So is this going to be like a long turtle neck? Will it stay over the cheek area?
I'm ordering it today. Like I said, we're going to attack the problem head on, so to speak....Milty's in a good mood today, and no plucking so far...I would probably look to Avicalm or something like that as the next thing to try...
That's very interesting...until the Avicalm gets there, Bob, you can try chamomile flower tea. Giget, (a macaw) one of the fosters at the clinic get 2oz. of chamomile tea with one drop of organic honey in her water dish. she slurps it down and she get plain filtered water the rest of the day
We don't have any Whole Food stores here in Erie. But there's a very nice independent organic food store where I can probably find what I need...I can get the recipe this weekend. I know that they get the tea from Whole foods.
You might have something there. He only picked the side that was more "advanced" in the growing back sequence. (the left side) The right side is up to the time where he picked the left side now...so we're watching him VERY closely.I'm sorry about Milton plucking those new feathers! I hope it doesn't become a habit. Maybe so many coming in at once was just too itchy to handle.
We might be coming to Erie in the next couple weeks. If you want me to pick something up for you here at Whole Foods, I'd be happy to do so.We don't have any Whole Food stores here in Erie. But there's a very nice independent organic food store where I can probably find what I need...