We have many animals and adopt whenever we can. I just adopted a female CAG who is about 7 years old and she is a feather plucker. The place we got her from was not the greatest, the people were nice but the place was very dirty. Anyways we have had Alley for a couple of days now and have been giving her lots of attention, have her eating pellets, fruits, vegetables and sometimes a little of what I am eating. Things are progressing nicely. I noticed that when she is plucking she appears to be itchy.
I have her scheduled for an appoinment with an avian vet tomorrow but may have to cancel until I can socialize her so that I can get her out of the cage. Ali is very friendly until I reach in her cage to try and get her to step up. When I do this she growls and bites and is very afraid. So if I can not get her out of the cage I cannot take her to the vet.
I plan on working with her everyday putting my hand in and trying to get her to eventually step up. I know eventually I will gain her trust. I dont want to reach in there and just grab her and really strees her out.
What would you do in my situation? Wait a week or two and then take her to the vet? She is growing feathers back that are all fluffy down feathers and she is always occupied by one of the four of us with someone being home 24/7 and we keep adding toys so she wont get bored.
I have her scheduled for an appoinment with an avian vet tomorrow but may have to cancel until I can socialize her so that I can get her out of the cage. Ali is very friendly until I reach in her cage to try and get her to step up. When I do this she growls and bites and is very afraid. So if I can not get her out of the cage I cannot take her to the vet.
I plan on working with her everyday putting my hand in and trying to get her to eventually step up. I know eventually I will gain her trust. I dont want to reach in there and just grab her and really strees her out.
What would you do in my situation? Wait a week or two and then take her to the vet? She is growing feathers back that are all fluffy down feathers and she is always occupied by one of the four of us with someone being home 24/7 and we keep adding toys so she wont get bored.