Molting or plucking??

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Does this look like molting or plucking??
 

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Does this look like molting or plucking??
Unfortunately, it looks like your bird is barbering its feathers.
When a bird starts randomly plucking/barbering it’s best that they be taken to an avian vet and get a blood panel just to rule out any physical illness. Once it’s ruled out you can start to speculate what in the environment could be causing it.
 
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Unfortunately, it looks like your bird is barbering its feathers.
When a bird starts randomly plucking/barbering it’s best that they be taken to an avian vet and get a blood panel just to rule out any physical illness. Once it’s ruled out you can start to speculate what in the environment could be causing it.
Yeah that's what I thought, I just booked a consultation with my avian vet.
 

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