dawnell30

I have been reading others experiences with their Greys plucking out their feathers. My husband and I moved to a new state almost 2 years ago. About three-6 months after the move was completed, our grey, Shatze, started plucking out her feathers. On closer inspection, what she is actually doing is biting off the feathers about 1/4 to 1/2 from where they come out of her skin. Over the last two months, she has started doing it more frequently. When not in her cage, We have a big perch in our family room that she sits on thoughout the day. In just a matter of minutes, the bottom of it is covered in feather pieces. And to top it all off, in the last 3-4 days, she has totally destroyed her tail!! All you see are shredded red stubs! And her tail was one of the few beautiful things left on her. Has anyone else had this extreme of a problem and what did you do? Any suggestions would be wonderful!!! A vet work up was done 1 to 1 1/2 years ago. Healthy bird other than the feather issues! We are trying to avoid an expensive visit to the animal behaviorist! Help!!!!!