Hi Brunosmom
I am sorry your goffin is plucking and mutilating. I don't think he could have been any more naked than Ella when I got her. She has made an amazing transformation.
First he needs a vet visit. I did this with Ella. She had to take antibiotics for the wound -- it was a deep gaping hole. The vet also prescribed cream for it and recommended frequent showers -- every other day.
She was on an all seed diet. And would throw things out of the food bowl looking for seeds. I got her to eat warm cooked foods -- spoon fed her -- and she tried it and began to like certain things. I found she loved oatmeal with fresh fruits, chopped apple. She loved bananas also sweet potatoe brown rice. I made her a lot of Higgins cookables. She does also like nuts, almonds -- I stay away from peanuts although she does love them.
You have to keep them busy. Ella would not play just stand around. Now she plays with toys and foraging for treats. She will eat pellets but still loves cooked foods best. She loves preening stuff. Doesnt' chip wood but loves coconut fiber, java wood -- I buy it on a big roll --- you have to keep the beak busy and distract with other things.
I made her a collar out of fleece. The bubble collars from the vet did not work for us. She could still rip out tail feathers with it on and it was causing a boo boo on her neck. She may be one of a kind but she learned to love clothes. I started with just a poncho -- cut a big circle out fleece and cut out a neck hole -- it kept her warm and she preened on it sometimes.
let me get some pics for you
I am sorry your goffin is plucking and mutilating. I don't think he could have been any more naked than Ella when I got her. She has made an amazing transformation.
First he needs a vet visit. I did this with Ella. She had to take antibiotics for the wound -- it was a deep gaping hole. The vet also prescribed cream for it and recommended frequent showers -- every other day.
She was on an all seed diet. And would throw things out of the food bowl looking for seeds. I got her to eat warm cooked foods -- spoon fed her -- and she tried it and began to like certain things. I found she loved oatmeal with fresh fruits, chopped apple. She loved bananas also sweet potatoe brown rice. I made her a lot of Higgins cookables. She does also like nuts, almonds -- I stay away from peanuts although she does love them.
You have to keep them busy. Ella would not play just stand around. Now she plays with toys and foraging for treats. She will eat pellets but still loves cooked foods best. She loves preening stuff. Doesnt' chip wood but loves coconut fiber, java wood -- I buy it on a big roll --- you have to keep the beak busy and distract with other things.
I made her a collar out of fleece. The bubble collars from the vet did not work for us. She could still rip out tail feathers with it on and it was causing a boo boo on her neck. She may be one of a kind but she learned to love clothes. I started with just a poncho -- cut a big circle out fleece and cut out a neck hole -- it kept her warm and she preened on it sometimes.
let me get some pics for you
Ella even bald is pretty!!! Bruno is bald like that
Keep up the good work and come back to visit us 
