


The females have brown eyes while the males have black irises. The only difference that is easily distinguishable between males and females is their eyes. Also, the Goffin’s cockatoo has pale grey beaks and feet. She’s already eating my diet now so that will get better. If you have a parrot that is picking its feathers or mutilating itself there is hope. Whenever they feel happy, or otherwise roused, they will fan out their graceful plume of feathers on the top of the head. Padme is healthy besides malnutrition, which causes bald patches. I don’t usually go straight to medicine and that wasn’t my plan, I just was curious if it was even an option since I had so much success with it with my other bird.
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I haven’t started any training with her, she still doesn’t know how to step up well. She plays with toys more than any of my other birds, I switch out her toys somewhat often to keep her entertained. 1 Antique Large Bakelite Cockatoo 1940s, w/ Brass Collar Highlights & Back. NOTE: Names are available as paid option, No D/rings. She has foraging toys but she has yet to use them, she is very big on other toys though. Jigsaw Awareness Feather protector for plucking parrots/birds - Babesinthehood. I don’t know much about her past so I don’t know how long she was half clipped. Cockatoos are often considered the real show-off’s and clowns in the parrot world and the Goffin’s Cockatoo is one of the best when it comes to tricks and antics. She’s only pulling out the flight feathers on the wing she was clipped, so it could just be a reaction to being clipped. I’ve been using plucking as an umbrella term for her behavior, she plucks, barbers, and mutilates. I can’t remenber what it’s called because he hasn’t needed it the past couple years but it worked very well for him, should I call the vet to ask about that for her? I have experience with plucking but not with flight feathers, what can I do to help her balance or get her to stop pulling out her flights? I’ve never used cones but is that something I should consider? I’ve also been thinking about getting her the medicine my green cheek used to be on when he plucked, he was going through a molt and pulling out the feathers surrounding pin feathers. But today she stretched out her wings and she’s been pulling out all the flight feathers on the half clipped side, unless I completely butcher the other wing it’s very uneven. She still can’t balance as well as the other tiel but I’ve been giving her time to adjust and leaving her alone. Such destructive behaviors, often referred to collectively as feather plucking, are relatively common problems. because, sadly, their birds have begun to pull out, barber or snap their own feathers. She was half clipped when I got her and I evened out the clip to help her balance to make it better. Owners of cockatiels, cockatoos, African greys, macaws and other species of pet parrots often visit 'Natty Newfeather' and Premium Pine Cones, Ltd. She’s been to the vet & isn’t 100% healthy but nothing that would cause the plucking.

I have a pair of rescue tiels and one of them, Padme, plucks.
