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Old 06-11-2009, 12:02 PM
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Re: Budgie feather picking

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Originally Posted by JOANNEJ1655 View Post
I have 4 budgies and one of them has been feather picking for 2 years. I have tried everything but nothing works. I let them out all the time. They sit on a perch on top of an open cage and are free to fly in their room. I think that she may have developed it as a habit now because she has been doing it for so long. She has bald spots on her chest and her wings. It really baffled and upset me when I see her doing it but I know that she will never stop now. She is 7 yrs old.

Jo x
Sometimes a bird will pluck if she wants to breed? I have a kakariki that plucks herself every year when it's breeding season, as the winter months draw in all she lets them grow again.
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