Rough Feathers? Or start of Plucking?

[QWERTY_]

Hello All

We have a almost 6year old Grey named Rio.

He talk he squawks and makes all kinds of sounds. Usually a happy fellow except for this new scruffy feathers he got. 

Maybe its just a big moult... but for some reason I feel its something else. 

Basically he has got feathers that look half bitten off. He also started kinda being more aggressive with his cleaning. I have attached a video and some pics to show the feathers.

https://youtu.be/CHSRrPBaIbI 

 

 

Any help would be appreciated 

[Greytness]

How often does he bathe or have a spritzer bath? I'd bump up the baths for one. 

He looks like he's over preening his feathers. If he's feeling dry and itchy he might be messing with his feathers more.

[QWERTY_]

Shower 1 to 4 times a week depending on him. What is spritzer bath

[Greytness]

Using a fine misting bottle to spritz them down in between bathing.

Since this is new behavior, he could have something else bothering him, whether it's a hormonal surge or perhaps an underlying infection or metal toxicity from beaking on cheap bells, etc.

[QWERTY_]

He hates getting sprayed on. Big no no with him 😂

Usually he just has a shower where he can go on and off the stream of water. Sometimes gets to exited and too wet to the point of not being able to fly

[Timbersmom]

Wow, cool video!

[Greytness]

This article was written by our avian vet years ago. It's a  lengthy abstract, but thoroughly covers plucking and self mutilation.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/11749494_Feather_Picking_and_Self-Mutilation_in_Psittacine_Birds