How to Stop Feather Plucking

How to Stop Feather Plucking.

First, it is important to note that feather plucking does not normally occur in wild bird populations. This destructive bird behavior typically only occurs with captive or caged birds.

One of the main reasons parrots pluck, is because they get nervous around their owners. Lots of parrot owners have stopped their bird's plucking, by simply training tricks as a way to overcome this nervousness.

But that doesn't mean trick training would help a parrot that picks it's feathers due to a medical condition, allergic reaction to airborne illnesses, or any of the other 12 basic reasons parrots pluck. That's what makes feather plucking so frustrating... you have to know what's causing the plucking, before you try to fix it.

Sadly, what most people do, is take their bird to the vet to see why he's plucking. The vet says the bird is in perfect health, and can't do anything to solve it's problem, and then figure there's no helping their bird!

These Veterinarians are unwittingly misinforming thousands of bird owners, because only a small percentage of parrots pluck for medical reasons. So to fix the problem, you need to pinpoint which of the 12 major reasons is causing your bird's plucking, and then try the two or three techniques best known for fixing that type of plucking.