sezza4ever
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- Oct 1, 2015
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Hi hoping someone might be able to help me.
I have a black capped lory who has a bad habit in licking/chewing his feathers. His already damaged all his wing feathers and tail now starting at his back of his neck area. I have tried everything I can think of to stop him from buying new toys like puzzle toys,foottoys, hanging toys, natural tree branches etc, enrichments with hiding food in homemade toys , new treats, I take him to work with me every day to try and keep him active and busy but he just goes at it again.I thought it might of been out of boredom or lonelyness but his still licking and chewing his feathers he now even has to chew and rip out my own hair and lick my face and my sisters and brothers hair. I've tried using sprays like stop pick spray, king's cage pluck no more but he doesn't mind the taste of it and continues with it. He has got liver disease and his been treated with milk thistle and pain relief which has been helping a lot. But just this licking/chewing of the feathers I'm really concerned about its been going on for 2 years now and I keep adding new things to his environment to keep him busy but his just not interested it's like his lacking something in his diet or something? his doing alot of damage when new feathers come in he just destroys them. Im not sure if anyone could help or advise me of anything else I could try that may work?all the help would be so much appreciated Thank you so much
I have a black capped lory who has a bad habit in licking/chewing his feathers. His already damaged all his wing feathers and tail now starting at his back of his neck area. I have tried everything I can think of to stop him from buying new toys like puzzle toys,foottoys, hanging toys, natural tree branches etc, enrichments with hiding food in homemade toys , new treats, I take him to work with me every day to try and keep him active and busy but he just goes at it again.I thought it might of been out of boredom or lonelyness but his still licking and chewing his feathers he now even has to chew and rip out my own hair and lick my face and my sisters and brothers hair. I've tried using sprays like stop pick spray, king's cage pluck no more but he doesn't mind the taste of it and continues with it. He has got liver disease and his been treated with milk thistle and pain relief which has been helping a lot. But just this licking/chewing of the feathers I'm really concerned about its been going on for 2 years now and I keep adding new things to his environment to keep him busy but his just not interested it's like his lacking something in his diet or something? his doing alot of damage when new feathers come in he just destroys them. Im not sure if anyone could help or advise me of anything else I could try that may work?all the help would be so much appreciated Thank you so much