FEATHER DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION – A RECAP
click here for PDF download version

1. MEDICAL: 

TAKE THE BIRD TO AN AVIAN VET FOR A COMPLETE EVALUATION TO ELIMINATE DISEASE AS THE CAUSE

 

2. ENVIRONMENT:

·        KEEP THE BIRD AT A STRICT DAYLIGHT SCHEDULE WITH EXPOSURE TO TWILIGHT

·         INSTALL FULL SPECTRUM LIGHTS WITH A CRI HIGHER THAN 93 FOR THE --------------------DAYLIGHT HOURS

·         PUT A HUMIDIFIER IN THE ROOM WHERE THE BIRD IS KEPT

·         PUT AN AIR PURIFIER IN THE ROOM WHERE THE BIRD IS KEPT

 

 

3.  DIET:

·        ORGANIC AND VARIED DIET WITH PLENTY OF VEGETABLES, FRUITS AND LEAFY GREENS

·        DO NOT FREE FEED SEEDS OR PELLETS (PELLETS SHOULD BE ORGANIC AND 100% NATURAL)

·        ELIMINATE ALL ALLERGENS, PEOPLE FOOD AND MEAT FROM DIET

·        FEED BREAKFAST RIGHT AFTER SUN IS UP AND DINNER WHEN SUN STARTS TO SET

·        DISTILLED OR SPRING WATE FOR DRINK AND BATH

·        GOOD QUALITY SUPPLEMENTS: VITAMINS, CALCIUM AND PROBIOTICS

 

4. ENTERTAINMENT, EXERCISE, ETC

·        BIRD SHOULD HAVE, AT LEAST, FIVE HOURS OUT OF THE CAGE

·        BIRD SHOULD HAVE, AT LEAST, THREE HOURS OF INTERACTION WITH OWNER

·        BIRD SHOULD HAVE NEW TOYS ALL THE TIME AND AN EMPHASIS SHOULD BE PLACED IN PLUCKING TOYS

·        FLYING!  FLYING!  FLYING! 

· ---DAILY BATHS WITH SPRING OR DISTILLED WATER AND A GOOD SPLASH OF ORGANIC ALOE VERA JUICE (TWO IF ------------POSSIBLE, ONE IN THE AM AND ANOTHER ONE AT NOON)

Written by: Beatriz Cazeneuve

click here for PDF download version

back to index // behavior // feather plucking full version