On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 20:13:15 +1300, Lee  wrote:

>Thanks for that. It's given me additional things to think about.
>
>Actually, she does have a mate, which may be part of the problem. It seems
>to have started shortly after I got a mate for about 5 years ago. It's the
>only think I can connect with why she might be doing it. She's got a new
>mate now, but she's always been very close to me (although she's more
>feisty now and I will be bitten occasionally - this behaviour seems to
>have only started after getting her a mate, though I had been told once
>she got a mate I'd be dumped altogether, so I am pleased that I am mostly
>tolerated still).

Are you sure that she's actually doing all of the plucking herself?
Her mate may have a malicious streak and be hurting her. I used to
have a budgerigar who hurt his companions like that.

When I separated him, he started doing it to himself. The vet
prescribed him a benzodiazepine tranquilizer after everything else
failed (I had my doubts at the time) which pretty much stopped him
from doing it overnight. He became the sweetest, calmest bird you
could imagine afterwards...

Sometimes the drugs work.


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