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PJ is a feather challenged bird. She wears a plastic collar much of the time to keep her from "over preening". While she is staying here, she is distracted by the new surroundings.

She enjoys a good drenching shower and then some time without her neck shield. After all, a bird's gotta preen!

Recently the phone books were delivered. Not sure who still uses a phone book but I find them very useful. They make great shredding enrichments! (Bintel, another Goffins Cockatoo, taught me this one!)

Within minutes of hanging the smaller phone book from the top of PJ's cage, she started to shred. (The pages of the book, not herself...)


Feather destruction is a challenging and guilt ridden problem. All we can do is try to address every aspect of any potential causes.
Good full spectrum lighting.
Frequent showers.
Natural and Nutritious Diet.
Comfortable Cage Set Up without a lot of traffic.
Lots of activities, especially for hyper parrots.
And, no drama reward when picking occurs.

There is no sure fired cure. Just patience and unconditional love.