Amy Lynn has now been to her first vet appointment and the results are staggering. There was barely a place, anywhere on her body that was not “self-mutilated”. She came to Diane in desperate need of help. They do it to you every day, just follow their leadĪmy Lynn is a Moluccan Cockatoo that is currently in the care of Diane Dwyer in Chalk River, ON, Canada. Immunity issues, feather issues, new diseases and abnormalities we have never seen before…hold onto your hats folks…ħ. Without the influx of wild parrots into the gene pool and so many breeders not doing their research, we are soon to be facing serious problems from inbreeding. Expect it to be a bigger problem in the future. Mulligan, my M2 that started the rescue was one of these birds frown emoticonĦ. Sending plucked birds back to breeders is one source of the problem…taking plucked birds into the breeding gene pool that is already messed up, and breeding more birds with the potential genetic predisposition to plucking is only adding fuel to the fire.
Odds are, if you are doing the above, the bird is nowhere near as unhappy as others make you feel the bird is. Don’t send your plucking bird to a breeder because you cannot stand how ‘unhappy’ he/she is. Doing this is far less expensive for you than buying every snake oil product out there aimed at ‘fixing’ the ‘problem’.ĥ. Accepting is and loving him/her as they are is far better for them and you than to constantly be stressing over appearance. If you are providing a good diet, enrichment, proper sleep, a toxin-free environment, etc. If so, fix them, if not, love your bird as they are.
GALAH COCKATOO PLUCKING FULL
If your bird is plucking, take your bird to the vet for a full check up, including blood work, to determine if medical causes are to blame. We don’t see plucked birds in the wild because if they exist, they are plucked out of the gene pool by predators or death that is natural selection.Ĥ. Don’t assume plucked birds are bored, unhappy, or sick. We have only had two of hundreds, and I am sure other rescues have the same experiences.ģ.
Don’t assume a bird is plucking because he/she is in rescue that is rarely the case. Seeing a plucked bird here, then giving the ‘Bless his/her heart’ is not helping that bird adopting him/her is.Ģ. We created the problem, so we need to stand by them. All are captive all deserve respect, not sympathy. Don’t feel sorry for a plucked bird to any higher degree than a non-plucked bird. Here are just a handful of the facts and theories I have about the topic of plucked birds…ġ. The most heartbreaking things I face on a regular basis revolve around the ‘less than perfect’ birds…not from the birds themselves, but from the humans who encounter them. This was written by Vicki Knox LeClaire who runs
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