DW> Something that every parrot owner dreads. The bird will either pull out
DW> or actually shred or bite his feathers off. Some birds will be almost
DW> bald. It can be caused by cooties (vet takes blood for test) or can be
DW> caused by a nervous bird or many causes. If it were know what the cause
DW> was it could be cured but currently behavior modification and change and
DW> hit and miss is the treatment. Some do it for more attention, some do it
DW> because they get too much attention. There have been some good articles
DW> in Bird Talk about it. Some species are more prone to this then others.
DW> Greys being one of them.
I think it is more due to the owner of the bird for which it doesn't
get enough attention or just abused of being left alone too much and
the bird yearns for human contact.  There are many unqualified
owners out there that doesn't know wee about quality time an AG
needs.
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