Cockatoo/bird help?

Deleted • 6 October 2011 at 6:27 AM

My bird Cindy is a feather plucker, but on at/around her blood feathers.
She has so many, and they seem to be causing her pain. I've tried rubbing them (Told if you gently rub them, it help) and she seems to like it. But after I stop she just keeps trying to pull them

She has so many bald spots >3<

Were going to take her to an avian when I'm better foot wise, because it's an hour away and I need to be well enough to keep her calm. (She feeds on me. If I'm stressed, she's stressed.)

Until then,help?
I'm pretty sure if I an get the blood feathers past the pin-like stage; shell be fine.

mangyrawr • 6 October 2011 at 6:36 AM

TAKE JHER TO ZE VET!!!


And I don't know why she is doing that :? Buyp! STEALZ ZE POWER!!!

Deleted • 6 October 2011 at 6:38 AM

//Facepalm//

I am
I said it in the first post
After my foot heals, but I wanna try and get her atleast comfortable until I can.

mangyrawr • 6 October 2011 at 6:40 AM

XD I know xD still did you read all of the post xD Buyp

furfur • 6 October 2011 at 6:46 AM

@Mochi

Did you clip her wings at anytime?

Deleted • 6 October 2011 at 6:52 AM

Not in a while. I need to get them clipped. But again, foot. If I'm hurting and stessed, it's just going to be worse on her.

@Furfur

//Edit//

Oh!!!
I forgot to mention
she was abused, we got her from a rescuer. It's a bad habit she carried over. Like biting nails. I'm trying to break her of it.

dionaea • 6 October 2011 at 6:53 AM

"Often times they get a bad rap and are confused with pinfeathers (those prickly little feathers that stick up and make your bird look like a porcupine. These new feathers, covered in keratin are also associated with molting and if your bird has these pinfeathers, he or she is molting and probably has blood feathers as well). Pin feathers often times make a bird uncomfortable if rubbed the wrong way."

Found this here: http://www.tailfeathersnetwork.com/birdinformation/bloodfeathers.php

maybe it's those she's pecking at?

ayuzawa • 6 October 2011 at 6:56 AM

@mochi

can't you call the vet? maybe they will help ? I hope Cindy gets better -

Deleted • 6 October 2011 at 6:58 AM

They're blood feathers. They have the vein

I feel bad for her >x<

She's content otherwise. Trying to groom me (she over grooms me too) having a ball running over the bed. Trying to eat my necklaxe.

But when she takes a moment to rest,its back to biting.


//Edit//

Vet says the same thing.
Rub them gently
Don't pull on them
Sprits them with a spray bottle to soften them.
That sorta thing

I just wanna know what else I can do :s

furfur • 6 October 2011 at 7:00 AM

@Mochi

Well... clipping the wings something causes birds to begin picking... sometimes after they are clipped they will have a sharp edge and it will bother her but if it's been so long that she needs them clipped again them it may not be that... but just in case you could check the feathers and make sure the ones that are clipped are not sharp and if they are try to get the point dull...

Deleted • 6 October 2011 at 7:20 AM

@furfur

Nope, they're soft at the tips.

@metaphor

I think you know a lot about birds?

I may just have to wait it out. Get her and the rabbit to the vets as soon as I an. (Rabbit has a cyst, I think) it will be easier to handle him, so imma try to get him in within the week.

joy • 6 October 2011 at 7:25 AM

It's a very common trait for a Cockatoo to pluck their feathers. If they are stressed or away from their humans they often get board and pluck their feathers.

When I went to get my bird, the owner told me not to get a Cockatoo or African Gray unless I can spend nearly 24/7 with them, or they often get stressed and pluck their feathers.

I've herd you can try to give it new things to do, like new types of food, placing cage in a different spot, new toys, or even giving it a feather duster (so it can preen and pluck that instead). There are also some 'coats' you can buy for them, to help keep them warm as well as trying to prevent them from plucking so much.

Deleted • 6 October 2011 at 7:31 AM

@Joy

Thanks
I actually thought about the thingie to cover her, making something with one of my old shirt sleeves (Thin. As it gets hot here)

And I do spend a lot of time with her 😸 she's my main interaction, as I'm schooled online.

Therapist says not good for me
I'm perfectly happy,LOLOL

furfur • 6 October 2011 at 7:35 AM

@Mochi

Hopefully you will get her to the vet soon 😊

Your lucky to be home with her often...
My dogs are obsessed with me and come to my school to find meh :C

Deleted • 6 October 2011 at 7:37 AM

LOLOL

I could see Cindy doing that xD
"I said I wanted to play. And I wanna play NOA"

furfur • 6 October 2011 at 7:41 AM

@Mochi

Not funny 😈 They have come right into the school and into the classroom with me and depending on what teacher it is I get into trouble... and my dogs are mean when people try to keep them out 😋

Deleted • 6 October 2011 at 8:10 AM

yeah, she's molting. There ar feathers EVERYWHERE. I somehow had about three on me.

sanibel_18 • 6 October 2011 at 8:38 AM

@mochi

can you send a pic of your bird?

Deleted • 6 October 2011 at 9:22 AM

I'm on my phone right now. I'll show you one later x3

cafe • 6 October 2011 at 10:00 AM

Here's Cindy
http://i55.tinypic.com/jzwg43.jpg
😸

yogurt • 6 October 2011 at 10:48 AM

@cafe
Awww *-* So cute... Makes me want one. XD

cafe • 6 October 2011 at 10:49 AM

@yogurt


Please don't get a bird because you want one XD That's how a lot of animals end up as they are

Bird will always be wild *=*
I've had Cindy attack me sometimes XD

yogurt • 6 October 2011 at 10:55 AM

@cafe
I can't get one. My mom's too clean that every time she sees something on the floor she goes crazy. T-T I wonder what's going to happen if I get a bird? XD Lol

nkiay • 6 October 2011 at 11:31 AM

@mochi

My cockatiel likes extra warm baths when he is molting, as well as gentle rubbings. Also make sure she has enough things to pick at. Toys with rawhide, rope, even millet, they have a crazy obsession with picking at things, if they don't get out much or have things to occupy themselves with they often pick at themselves out of boredom. Is her cage big enough, do you take her out and let her walk(and fly, if you keep her flight feathers,) around?

She is trying to pull out her blood feathers?!? I've heard of plucking but not blood feathers. ☹️ That's not good!

cafe • 6 October 2011 at 11:33 AM

@nkiay

Yeah
D;

And I let her play on my bed.
She attacks people, so we try to keep her wings clipped for others [And her]'s safety.

And so that may be why she over grooms me when she's molting.

nkiay • 6 October 2011 at 12:29 PM

Maybe just give her extra toys? Or have a couple and switch them around. 😊

feathershaft • 7 October 2011 at 5:28 AM

@cafe Nawnawnawnawnawcutecutecutecutecute!

Maybe she's bored, so give her some toys like nkiay said. She might be suffering depression, so try to cheer her up. Make sure she isn't in the same room as your kitchen is and anything that might be harmful to birds.

Or, really, find her a little boy cockatoo!

cafe • 7 October 2011 at 8:32 AM

the boy cockatoo wouldn't be a good idea. Cindy wiuld just get jealous xD

And one cockatoo is hard. She's not even really a "pet", she more owns me xD