HarleY 0654
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- Apr 13, 2025
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- Parrots
- 4 Blue and Golds( 2 cocks + 2 hens)and 2 Harlequins(1+1)
My opinion is that most owner/carers of medium to large Parrots, tend to worry tooooo much over the plucking. No one source, Veterinarian, or owners experience, has found an answer, or cure. Of course there are situations whereby birds who are bored become more prone to continued plucking; and the birds, who owners pay too much attention to their birds plucking, cause the bird to think its okay to continue - Also situations of poor husbandry in upbringing/weaning has led to plucking.
With my macaws one is a habitual plucker - Hormonal and boredom episodes usually trigger an increase in plucking.
I keep a close eye on him particularily, as he is a cock Harlequin macaw, and neccistates a higher level of care than the Blue and Golds. And try , extremely hard , not to get to hysterical when he sits, looking at me plucking himself, or his fluzzie, as if to say "what about it"!
He seems to go thru periods when I notice his feathers increasing, and then all of a sudden plucking again.
Behavioural aspects is somewhere in the answer, but we all know just how EASY it is train a parrot, particularily when they don't cooperate!!!!
Harley my Harlequin cock is the prime example , still plucks, but understands the tonal command "not for Harley" - however the downside of that is now I have 5 other macaws shouting "not for Harley" at any given time in the bickering, squabling etc periods during the day.
I insure my actions at the time of plucking notification, is NOT in any way directed towards the action; '
Texsize's current situation reminds me of situations of where the same sex birds of the same specie, go through to establish positions, but it isn't pecking order behaviour, moreso an age thing I have found.
Asto destroying , or taking out frustrations in hardware item/s - that is par for medium/large parrots.
My boy learnt early on what P. . .ed me off. Now he treats it like a game - similar to some of the threads I read in the forum. Slowly I'm trying to learn not to be wound up by my birds!
Comments please
With my macaws one is a habitual plucker - Hormonal and boredom episodes usually trigger an increase in plucking.
I keep a close eye on him particularily, as he is a cock Harlequin macaw, and neccistates a higher level of care than the Blue and Golds. And try , extremely hard , not to get to hysterical when he sits, looking at me plucking himself, or his fluzzie, as if to say "what about it"!
He seems to go thru periods when I notice his feathers increasing, and then all of a sudden plucking again.
Behavioural aspects is somewhere in the answer, but we all know just how EASY it is train a parrot, particularily when they don't cooperate!!!!
Harley my Harlequin cock is the prime example , still plucks, but understands the tonal command "not for Harley" - however the downside of that is now I have 5 other macaws shouting "not for Harley" at any given time in the bickering, squabling etc periods during the day.
I insure my actions at the time of plucking notification, is NOT in any way directed towards the action; '
Texsize's current situation reminds me of situations of where the same sex birds of the same specie, go through to establish positions, but it isn't pecking order behaviour, moreso an age thing I have found.
Asto destroying , or taking out frustrations in hardware item/s - that is par for medium/large parrots.
My boy learnt early on what P. . .ed me off. Now he treats it like a game - similar to some of the threads I read in the forum. Slowly I'm trying to learn not to be wound up by my birds!
Comments please
