AkridChaos
New member
- Aug 31, 2017
- 129
- 5
- Parrots
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Rescue Budgie: Snowball (blue/grey)
Normal Budgie: Oliver (yellow/green)
Black Capped Conure: Warbeak
Parrotlet: Lily, Rest In Peace
Canary-Winged Parakeet: Stryker
Hello everyone. Some of you may remember me from the conure or parakeet forums. Looks like as of last week, I am in the parrotlet forums too. My house just became an aviary @@;
Lily (parrotlet) was an old bird of mine. However, due to unfortunate circumstances while I was in college, I had to get her out of my parentsā house asap. So a friend of my brother took her in, and his girlfriend fell in love (bless her soul). So she (and her old lap dog) were bonded to Lily for quite some years (Lily was going to be hers to keep). However, it seems Lily took it upon herself to start plucking her feathers. She apparently was plucking her chest feathers for a long time (about a year and a half), then finally she stopped for over a year. But then the lady whom she stayed with had gone on a 5 day vacation away from the house and had someone come and change food/water. I think maybe she broke down with some sort of separation anxiety? Because after that, Lily apparently hasnāt been the same. Sheās gone crazy with feather plucking. She plucks everywhere she can reach. Her chest and neck are bare, her legs have no feathers, her back is going bare, and sheās ripping out her tail feathers. The lady caring for her didnāt know what to do anymore, so she asked me to take Lily back for her own safety, even though she regretted having to give her up (I know the feeling).
Lily looks terrible. Sheās happy and chipper, but something is wrong where she just has to pluck her feathers out. I havenāt seen her at it yet, but I did notice she ripped out another tail feather while I was at work (she had two, now she has one -_-). I want to ask for advice on ways to get her to stop this bad habit of hers. Iām not really sure what the cause is. Boredom? Just habit? Iām not sure how sheād be stressed (other than the move, but she was plucking with the woman she stayed with too, so it wasnāt stress related I donāt think). She was never abused, so thatās definitely not it either. Any helpful tips and advice are welcome. I want to help get Lily in healthy form again.
Hopefully Snowball (parakeet) will be of some help. Theyāve taken a liking to each other already (theyāre out together when I get home, along with Warbeak, but Warbeak has to stay on me away from them both because otherwise Lily scares him and it puts him in threat mode where he feels he has to attack to defend himself. Heās never gotten near enough to hurt her, and Iām not about to chance it either. But I can understand how a bird with no feathers would freak out another bird. Itās not all that different from seeing another person whoās ripped off their skin or something. Iād be freaked out too I guess).
Thanks in advance for your help! Iād post a picture of her but Iām not kidding, she looks horrendous. So donāt be upset when I say for the sake of others, I donāt want to post one.
Lily (parrotlet) was an old bird of mine. However, due to unfortunate circumstances while I was in college, I had to get her out of my parentsā house asap. So a friend of my brother took her in, and his girlfriend fell in love (bless her soul). So she (and her old lap dog) were bonded to Lily for quite some years (Lily was going to be hers to keep). However, it seems Lily took it upon herself to start plucking her feathers. She apparently was plucking her chest feathers for a long time (about a year and a half), then finally she stopped for over a year. But then the lady whom she stayed with had gone on a 5 day vacation away from the house and had someone come and change food/water. I think maybe she broke down with some sort of separation anxiety? Because after that, Lily apparently hasnāt been the same. Sheās gone crazy with feather plucking. She plucks everywhere she can reach. Her chest and neck are bare, her legs have no feathers, her back is going bare, and sheās ripping out her tail feathers. The lady caring for her didnāt know what to do anymore, so she asked me to take Lily back for her own safety, even though she regretted having to give her up (I know the feeling).
Lily looks terrible. Sheās happy and chipper, but something is wrong where she just has to pluck her feathers out. I havenāt seen her at it yet, but I did notice she ripped out another tail feather while I was at work (she had two, now she has one -_-). I want to ask for advice on ways to get her to stop this bad habit of hers. Iām not really sure what the cause is. Boredom? Just habit? Iām not sure how sheād be stressed (other than the move, but she was plucking with the woman she stayed with too, so it wasnāt stress related I donāt think). She was never abused, so thatās definitely not it either. Any helpful tips and advice are welcome. I want to help get Lily in healthy form again.
Hopefully Snowball (parakeet) will be of some help. Theyāve taken a liking to each other already (theyāre out together when I get home, along with Warbeak, but Warbeak has to stay on me away from them both because otherwise Lily scares him and it puts him in threat mode where he feels he has to attack to defend himself. Heās never gotten near enough to hurt her, and Iām not about to chance it either. But I can understand how a bird with no feathers would freak out another bird. Itās not all that different from seeing another person whoās ripped off their skin or something. Iād be freaked out too I guess).
Thanks in advance for your help! Iād post a picture of her but Iām not kidding, she looks horrendous. So donāt be upset when I say for the sake of others, I donāt want to post one.