do other parrots start plucking if they see other pluckers?

[runningoutofroom]

i have never had a parrot that plucks but i have one i am fostering/ might adopt and i am worried if my other parrots might start plucking? am i crazy or should i be worried
thanks

 

[Bokkapooh]

No they will not Plucking is personal case by case situation. It could be dietary, behavioral, mental, emotional, psychological or another bird doing the picking. But a bird wont pick or pluck without real reason.

 

[Danita]

Not from my experience.

But they do imitate the screams the other makes as it pulls out their feathers

 

[Yoshi]

This hasn't been my experience as well. I have one plucker (who is getting better!) and my other two do not pluck.

 

[Prince Toasty Buns]

i have never had a parrot that plucks but i have one i am fostering/ might adopt and i am worried if my other parrots might start plucking? am i crazy or should i be worried
thanks

Since giving only two choices to pick from, I would say you are "crazy".

J/K of course. IME, you have nothing to worry about.

 

[runningoutofroom]

thanks guys!

 

[Red Jasper]

No.
I have had a plucker and non-plucker live together for many years.
I currently have 2 non and 1 plucker and there has been no indication in the non-pluckers that they wish to pick up this habit.

 

[Marlene]

Nope, thank goodness. I have a few pluckers.

 

[allison]

I have one plucker, and 3 non-pluckers. BUT if they are bonded, the plucker might pluck the other non-plucking bird.

 

[Tielygirl]

well... if that were the case then all of my guys should be plucked bald right now!! Shadow pickes her feathers and the rest have lived with her (well the longest one's are Sellie and Sprite) are 4 years. She's only been picking for 3...

So no you have nothing to worry about! =]
Good luck fostering!!

 

[Vega]

BUT if they are bonded, the plucker might pluck the other non-plucking bird.

That just made me think of "if a wood chuck could chuck wood"

As the others have said, it shouldn't cause a problem.