My gray is starting to pick at her feathers

[furley]

Hi People My Gray is starting to pick at her feathers on her neck and I would like to try to get her to stop before it gets bad.

Any suggestions on what I can use to help with that,I heard aloe vera can be sprayed on it to help.

When i rescued her the preveus owner said she has done it right from the start when he got her but it

was not bad it seems to be getting worse lately,any suggestions?

Thank you if anyone can help..

[Greywings]

That neck plucking seems to be a nervous sort of behavior when a bird is dealing with some stress. Do try the Aloe vera juice in a spray bottle as this time of year the humidity is low and they can get dry itchy skin, do add some Walnuts to her diet for the good fatty acids. Do try to exspose her to some unfiltered Sunlight as well that will do her a world of good.

[furley]

thank you I well try

[furley]

she seems like she is stressing out more then normal,she lives her by her self and I work 8 hours a day so she is by her self a lot ,she has it very good here, she does not get locked in her cadge at all she has the run of in side and out as i have built here an Avery that she can get to from inside,lots of toys and things, her diet seems to be good she has access to veggies fruit and pellets and seeds,she is about 4 years old now and the plucking seems to be getting worse around her neck,maybe I should get her to a vet to get checked or just wait abit not sure what to do as i dont like to see her pluck her self,any other suggestions or has any one else gone threw this.

Thank you if anyone can weigh in on this to and thanks again greywings as I have started to give her hole walnuts and spraying,I try to give her palm oil to on some of her food but she doesn't really like it,and also i try to give her a product called sunshine factor but she doesn't like that ether.

Love and Light all

[judygram]

If you stress out because she is plucking then she may very well be picking up on that, they are aware of our stress levels and react accordingly. If she hasn't been to see a vet in a while it might be a good idea to have her checked out to rule out anything physical, sometimes it turns out to be some kind of infection or injury that makes a bird pluck a certain area or some kind of irritation.