Directory of Skin and Feather Disorders Resources

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There are a number of disorders and disease that can affect birds skin and feathers. Some which can be inherited, contracted, or behavioral in nature.

Resources in This Category

• Broken Blood Feathers

  http://www.cockatielcottage.net/feathers.html
  How to attend to a broken blood feather in cockatiels and provides a link on how to find an avian vet.

• Common Skin and Feather Disorders in Pet Birds Part I

  http://www.birdsnways.com/wisdom/ww48eiv.htm
  Many diseases and disorders can affect your birds skin and feathers, including mites, baldness, cysts, behavioral feather picking, polyfollicles, and brown hypertrophy.

• Feather Picking

  http://www.featherpicking.com/
  Provides information on birds that engage in feather-destructive behaviors such as chewing, plucking, barbering and pulling of feathers, and skin mutilation. Includes articles and a case history.

• Feather Picking and Self-Mutilation in Companion Birds

  http://www.usask.ca/wcvm/herdmed/applied-ethology/behaviourproblems/selfmutilbird.html
  Defines this destructive behavior, causes, contributing factors, and recommendations.

• Feather Plucking In Parrots

  http://www.2ndchance.info/selfpluck.htm
  Discusses some common causes such as malnutrition, psychological stress, parasites, and internal organ disease in relation to this behavioral problem in birds.

 

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