I too have a female Elecutus parrot which has pulled her feathers out, twice this year. Her diet is good, I moved their cage from inside to outside. Could it be stress from the change?
By brett1964 from Melbourne, Australia
I saw a show on animal planet that said birds will preen other birds so if a bird is alone it might over preen itself. Their suggestion was to put a feather duster in the cage with the bird. The bird will fulfill its need to pull feathers by pulling feathers from the duster. You can get feather dusters at dollar stores so it is something cheap you can try before you try getting it a companion.
Go to google.com and type in "Why do parrots pluck their feathers."
There are many help sites that can help you find the answer.
We went through a horrible time trying to figure why our eclectus was pulling his feathers. He looked terrible. We tried everything until we read about how likely they are to be allergic to wheat and corn. Strore bought food's number one ingredient is corn. Now I make a flax seed food that he loves and all his feathers have grown in and the bald spot on his head is also gone. Here's the recipe: 2 cups flax seed, 2 cups water. Add the water to the flax seed and let sit for several minutes. The flax becomes sticky and will absorb all the water. Now I add any nuts my bird likes, a little cinnamon and some chia seed...up to 1 cup.
thanks so much for the heads up on possible corn/wheat allergies... how long did it take for your bird's feathers to grow back???
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I have a female Eclectus parrot that pulls her feathers out. I adopted her from a loud vet clinic and I would like to see her get her beautiful feathers back.
