feather problem

[cowgrls101]

I took sandi to get her feathers trimmed and now she is biting at them . to the point were so has no flight feathers . she is not plucking them out but biting them off and has now moved to biting her tail feathers off . I took her back to the vet and she has no clue why she is doing this i am worried there is something more serious going on . has anyone ever had their grey do this . i change her toys every couple of weeks . her diet is what it should be and she is with me constantly when i am home witch is often . the only thing that has changed in our house is i had a baby nine months ago but i made sure that it didnt change our daily routine . does anyone have any suggestions that might help . i have heard of one other bird doing this and the owners had to give the bird away before the behavior stopped i hope this is not the case .

[casper]

When did Sandi start chewing the feathers? Was it just after the baby was born or just recently after the feathers were trimmed?

 

There could be lots of different reasons here, its just finding the right one.

 

If the biting started just after the baby was born, Sandi could be feeling jelous and nervous of the new baby and change within the household, but you say the routine has not changed for Sandi so Im not sure on that one.

 

Was the trim done by an experienced Avian vet? If the clip was not done properly, it maybe could have left Sandi with some irratation around the flights but that would not explain the chewing of the tail feathers.

 

Do you bath Sandi regular? You could bathe more often then mist down with some Aloe vera juice to soothe the skin.

 

Make sure to take extra care if you bird has no flights, Ive had a bird lose flights and I had to make sure he had no risk of falling from ay kind of height as this would be very dangerous so keep Sandi at a low level if possible.

 

If you have not done so already, I would go back to the vets and have some tests done just to rule out anything medical as well.

 

Other members may be able to help you more, I do hope things improve and you can work through this, please dont think of re homing Sandi, it could make things worse not better.

 

Caroline.