hello Dr, im having alexandrine parrot which is 7 months old. that is suffered by heavy feather loss

Updated On August 18th, 2017

Pet's info: Bird | Unknown - Bird | Female

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Answered By Dr Stafford, BVetMed, MRCVS

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The first step id to establish why this is happening. Mainly is there a medical issue or is it behaviour related? Medival issues include infections, mites, vitamin a deficiency etc and these are best ruled out by a vet. If there is no medical reason it is likely self plucling due to stress, or plucking by a cage mate. In such instance you need to look at the environment and address stressors such as other birds, draught, noise, dirty conditions, lack of clean water, poor air quality etc.

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