Please help, I'm desperate for advice on my parrot?

Feather plucking is a really bad habit which is difficult to break in all birds. It sounds like you're doing the right thing so far. To break the habit of plucking you need to male sure that there the bird gets no attention - good or bad. When it plucks, just completely ignore it because all it is doing is trying to get attention. The thing is I know this works well with tame parrots living in the house, but since the bird is stressed and obviously nervous from going to a new home, I'm not sure this technique will work in this particular case. Anyway good luck and as soon s you cab get her to the vets.

Thank you for rescuing her.

Give up adding supplements to the water as soon as you can this is not the best way to get them into a bird and it turns the water bad real fast. And if they are manmade they will be no where near as good as natural ones. Try and stay away from pellets.

You can pick up her condition with fresh sprouted Mung Beans.

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This alone will help, but step up intake of veges and they love fruits.

Mine go for grapes, oranges, apples, pears, pineapple, Pumpkin, sweetcorn. And raid the Cockatiel seed mix for the Tiels. Natural things like Dandelions, veges silverbeet, kale, dark leaf greens are all good.

Grate cuttle bone finely and sprinkle over anything she will eat.

Remember presentation is the key to getting her to try new foods.

And eating things in front of her should help.

Plucking can be due to depression or poor diet. The trouble is it can become habitual and then this can take some stopping. But if you are lucky with a good diet and love she will come right.

The other thing about pluckers they can damage the follicles and then no more feathers can grow there.

If you join a bird forum I would like to follow your progress with her. I can be found on The Parrotboard. Tailfeathers. IndianRingneck. My handle is clawnz.

the bird is stressed.. sooth the bird as you are give her time to get used to the good surroundings, play music she will like, try different songs, you will see what she likes as she will respond to it., the methods you are taking right now are perfect, try to get close to her with a good treat and show her affection., all you can do it try to help.. if you can handle her, play with her feathers and talk soothing to let her know it is ok.

good luck, this is a hard one to overcome.