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 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. |
How to Manage Feather-Picking in Caged Birds «
http://www.ahc.umn.edu/rar/MNAALAS/Preening.html | | Provides details on the differences between normal preening , lack of preening , and destructive feather picking. |
Knemidokiptic Mange in Pet Birds: Scaly Face and Scaly Leg Disease «
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/VM022 | | Describes the lesions of the skin produces by mites and the treatment options for it. |
Research on Feather Diseases - Part I «
http://www.budgerigars.co.uk/diseases/feather.html | | Provides results on budgerigars. discusses pulpitis , mites , cysts , stress marks , and feather dusters. part ii describes tumors , multifeathers , distortions , splits , follicles , vitamin deficiency , and feather loss. |
Veterinary Practice News - Help for Feather Picking «
http://www.vetpracticenews.com/vpn/detail.aspx?aid=19533&cid=3874&category= | | Article discusses behavioral clues , physical factors , and testing. |
