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Post by Casey on Apr 5, 2013 20:02:13 GMT -8
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Post by tippa on Apr 5, 2013 22:24:19 GMT -8
Oh dear, I hope you can resolve this problem. I'm not familiar this sort of thing so I don't know what else to say.
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Post by Casey on Apr 6, 2013 0:53:24 GMT -8
she might just be plucking to make nest material, but she will be on her eggs for another few weeks before she gives up on them. if after she gets off her eggs and has no more nest she still plucks, then i am looking at a habit. if it's a habit, i'm gonna try some non-shreddable preening toys. she's a tough case.... she can't have things to shred or she gets very nesty. even giving her raffia will make her go instantly nesty and then she will lay eggs AGAIN! in the end, if we cannot deter her in any way, we might just have to have a bald birdie and love her all the same. she used to mutilate her legs, so i'll take plucking over mutilating any day. plucking isnt pretty to look at, but its not as dangerous as mutilating. she just might need a heat lamp or some adorable birdie sweaters!!! lol
we got full spectrum lighting, she's on a good diet, shes got toys, and she gets all the attention she wants from both me and my husband. so if it is a habit, i'm not sure of the reason. we'll try to figure it out, but munch is a very determined little bird and if she really wants to do something, there isnt really much you can do about it, she will find a way around it and keep doing it. like, her nesting--take everything away and eventually she just used her seed shells for nest material! she's determined to be a brat lol
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Post by tippa on Apr 6, 2013 2:31:23 GMT -8
Actually I might have something to add. You know how when birds sit on eggs and the part of their body that is resting on the eggs must be bare skin to keep the eggs warm right? She may just pluck because she wants more bare skin to rests on those eggs.
If this plucking had only started since she's been nesting then maybe once all this is over it may not reoccur again.
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Post by Casey on Apr 6, 2013 6:32:04 GMT -8
that's what i am thinking too. so im not so worried about it now, but knowing her it might continue lol i'll just call her Chicken Munch!
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Post by Casey on Apr 6, 2013 8:43:43 GMT -8
you can see the mess she has made with her feathers in her nest  and photos of her chest and belly. shes plucked a little under the neck, on the chest, and down the belly, she has NO down feathers either.   she's a healthy weight though! a tad under for her normal, but nothing major.  |
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Post by injood on Apr 6, 2013 12:10:06 GMT -8
Shes probably plucking for the nest, I hope itbwont end up as a habit !! Hopefully she grows out of it
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Post by Casey on Apr 6, 2013 13:02:25 GMT -8
well her leg chewing damage went away, but i have noticed she still does it  just no skin being ripped off. |
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Post by injood on Apr 6, 2013 20:56:03 GMT -8
well as long as there is no damage going on
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Post by Casey on Apr 7, 2013 6:30:52 GMT -8
yeah i will take plucking over mutilation. i'll still think she is adorable plucked like a chicken  |
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