picking

I just got home from being on vacation for 10 days with no reception, so I had no way of talking to my baby and my parents were watching her. She is about to turn 4 months old and we've had her almost one month. I came home to notice her picking a LOT of her down feathers. She has no bare...

Hi everyone I'm new to the forums but I have a problem here. I have 3 cockatiel's, 2 girls (Maggie and Owen, yes I know it's a boy name..) and a boy (Patchy). My problem is, Patchy always pulls out Owens feathers, mostly from her head areas and on her back just up from the tail. I noticed he is...

Please help. Am I on the right track with my poor sweet 'teil named Bell? :tiel2: Situation: 1 year ago, friends bird watched for a week (their place). He came back... changed (loud, distrustful). Also, I have PTSD, so am not entirely emotionally stable. Bell and I can effect each other...

Hello al fellow cockatiel lovers! I'm in a fix, and am really hoping someone can help me out! My cockatiel has bald spots on his "shoulders" kind of under the wings but at the very top where the wing meets the back. (not in his armpit area that is usually bald, more like in the back area...

I have a cockatiel aged 8 months approximately. i think it is a male pearl cockatiel. since 7-8 days, i noticed that he is picking all his feathers on his tummy, under wings and back and now in that area, he is fully bald. i m very much concerned about that because that never happened to my...