Feather chewing?

I'm new to conures, but definitely not new to parrot-keeping. I've kept small parrots for over half my life. Never had an issue with a feather chewer til now! My GCC, SweetCheeks, has just decided that the ALL the feathers on his/her chest were so tasty, s/he chewed them ALL! His/her chest is covered in down, not bald, so it's a chewing, not a plucking, problem. It started immediately after I bought a cuddle corner. At first, it looked like the feathers were just ruffled, and this bird is a cuddler, so I thought nothing of it. The cage is full of toys and fun stuff, and I even have put in chew-toys. Is there another way to keep him/her from always looking grey in front?

I've had Cheeks since late March, and s/he has been a hoot ever since! Cheeks is even trying to learn to talk. The pet shop I purchased him/her from wasn't sure about age, only knew the conures they had at that time were "very young." This bird spends very little time in its cage -- only when I'm at work and asleep!

I read a little bit in the archives about someone having a similar problem, but there was no resolution... Any other suggestions?

Wish I could help you but I can only wish you welcome to the forum..
Hopefully one of the pro's come along soon...

Im assuming you have tried to take out the cuddle corner? can it be that he/she gets too warm and therefor remove some feathers?

Did you remove the cuddle corner?

Definately remove the cuddle corner, if that's when he started. You don't want this to progress to plucking. Hope it turns out to be a brief phase.

Cheeks also enjoys chewing on human hair ... and breaking it off. -_- I wonder if it's related. Maybe s/he hit a chewing phase? This is bird I'm assuming is under a year old. S/he had lots of head feathers growing in when I purchased him, so I was guessing he was around 4 months old, and I bought him in late March, which would make Cheeks about 8 months old?