parakeet pulled out feathers?

Parakeets get stressed out when alone for a long time, and get bored without anybody to be there with her. What you could do is give her more attention; play with her, talk to her etc. You could also buy her a new mate that will keep her occupied.

This happened to my parakeet who's been alone for a long time, and he started pulling the feathers near his bottom. He died eventually after, even when in healthy condition. :(

Feather plucking is a very common problem with birds, I think it is too common. Birds would pluck their feathers for multiple of reasons, such as stress, depression, and the most common reason, not enough stimulation.

You can stop this by spending more time with your bird and giving it more toys to stop him/her from being too bored and not having enough stimulation. You can also get another bird, but I do not advise this because the older bird will spend more time and attention to the new bird.

Your bird may be stressed because you left or something is bothering it. Is everything turned off at night like computers, television, or radios? Your bird could have been stressed because it didn't have enough sleep. They may have been stressed because something happened or something frightened it, or you got it a new toy or brand of bird food and/or treats, or other things.

I would switch EVERYTHING back to what it was when they didn't pluck their feathers, and this may stop its extremely bad habit.

Depression is very common with birds, too. There are multiple ways to stop this. One is to get a new bird or toys, get medication from your Avian vet/specialist which I do NOT recommend because this could easily kill your birds, or another safer and easier way is to spend a lot more time with your bird.

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If you do decide to get medication for your bird, these are the best ways that I have found to give it to them:

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* Feed it to the bird with a syringe. I have found this works best with younger birds, and with older birds it is harder to do. But do NOT force feed it! This can choke your bird, or get the medication in its nostrils or eyes, which probably isn't the best thing.

* Put the medication (in powder or liquid form) in in the bird's water. The bird will drink it, no harm done. Just make sure the bird doesn't bathe in it or else it can cause damage to the feathers.

* Put it in the bird's food. This could be in powder, seed, treat, or any form that won't make the food nasty. This, from my point of view, is perfectly safe.

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FEATHER PLUCKING IS A SERIOUS THING! Please pat attention to see whether your bird is plucking or not, this is very serious. There IS a difference between feather plucking and molting. Molting is a natural thing, while feather plucking is not.

Yes, birds are very social and can pluck their feathers when depressed. Rarely, it is a vitamin deficiency that causes them to feel itchy. If they don't bleed and don't pick out the flight feathers, it's depression.

No its normal for many types of birds to pluck out their feathers so that new ones grow in their place.

I think it is because they are bored you can fix that by giving it lots of attention. Your parakeets need new toys, or improve diet;

seek veterinary advice

Give her another mate. But also give her a lot of attention before you give her a mate and make sure she bonds with the mate.

maybe she is stressed try interacting with her or getting her a parakeet friend or try to get some toys to shed up to distract her from over preening herself

Yeah, my lovebird does that when he doesn't get enough attention.

Spend more time with it or get it a mate.

It will love you

perhaps she is about to lay eggs and she is getting a 'brood patch' ready. to sit on the eggs and warm them with direct contact with her skin.

Get her a friend or a mirror so that she will think she is not alone