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choosing and training
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feather plucking help
the whole package
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Full Range Of Protection
Parrot feather plucking help is all we do. Browse our full range of UnRuffledRx Bird Collars for mild through severe plucking, wound recovery products for self-mutilation, bird calming aids, and environmental aids. The Feather Destructive Behavior Workbook by Diane Burroughs, LCSW, provides comprehensive, research-based solutions for parrot plucking like step-by-step behavior modification worksheets that guide you through managing parrot feather destructive behavior.
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Choosing And Training
Parrot feather plucking can stem from medical, environmental or parrot husbandry causes. It can also be behavioral. The immediate need, now, is to stop parrot plucking with a parrot plucking collar. First, determine how severe the plucking is. Then, choose a collar that provides the level of restriction to prevent parrot plucking. Confused? Just ask. We're here to help.
Get FREE training instructions online, with text support and in a brochure accompanied with your purchase. Each bird has unique needs, but we'll do our best to answer all of your questions.
When choosing a bird collar, tell us:
- What kind of bird you have?
- How severe is the parrot plucking?
- Text a picture to us.
- Is your bird under an avian veterinarians care?
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Rotate & Combine For Best Protection
Parrot feather plucking is often related to the bird’s immediate need to relieve anxiety. Anxiety takes on an obsessive-compulsive nature. Identify what makes your bird anxious and choose a combination of bird collar styles that you can rotate for calm versus anxious times. Combine two styles or stack bird collars for thicker protection, as needed. Check into Parrot Calming Supplements, too..
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Bird Safe Materials
We only use soft fleece, Kevlar thread, veg-tan leather and stiffeners, and Velcro for a parrot plucking collar. You don’t have safe to worry about your bird swallowing fraying thread or chewing on unsafe material UnRuffledRx Bird Collars feature our signature-preening fleece to occupy your parrots’ preening needs.
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Stop Feather Plucking
Does parrot feather plucking have you stumped? Stop by the Parrot Academy, and our eBooks section. Gain all of the knowledge and confidence that you need to stop feather plucking in The Feather Destructive Behavior Workbook, where we cover causative factors, best practice treatment and help you create a step-by-step behavior modification plan suited your parrot’s feather picking habit.
The Whole Package
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While a bird collar barrier is a necessary part of solving feather destructive behavior, so are developing calming strategies, making environmental adjustments and parrot husbandry changes. You can stop feather plucking. Learn everything you need to know about FDB in the FDB workbook. Get your copy today.
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EXCHANGE GUARANTEE
UnRuffledRx Bird Collars were developed to help your bird stay healthy and happy. We back that up with our 30 Day Exchange Guarantee. If you’re not pleased with your unused bird collar purchase, just return it within 30 days of purchase and we’ll give you a replacement of equal value.
8 MUST KNOW FACTS ABOUT PARROT FEATHER PLUCKING
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BIRD COLLARS ACT AS A PLUCKING BAND-AID
After a thorough check-up by your avian vet, bird collars are the first step in parrot feather plucking treatment. Bird collars act as a barrier to keep the bird from plucking feathers and it is highly recommended that you use them with along with a variety of other strategies. Experiment to find bird collars that your bird tolerates but that also stop feather plucking.
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MATCHED BIRD COLLARS MAKE FOR A LESS ANXIOUS PET
Experts agree that birds respond best to bird collars of similar color to their natural plumage. Sure, festive collars are cute, but an anxious bird needs to feel "normal" in its bird collar. If your parrot gets anxious with new colors, choose from a variety of bird collars that match your parrot’s natural plumage to reduce stress and anxiety.
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HAND-FED CHICKS ARE PRONE TO ADULT ONSET OF ANXIETY
Avian veterinarians and parrot specialists consistently agree that hand-fed chicks are more prone to adult onset of anxiety related feather plucking. These birds seem to have missed out on major developmental milestones causing a lot of anxiety. Anxiety reduction is a major component to stop feather plucking.
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FEATHER PICKING INDUCED PAIN RELEASES CALMING ENDORPHINS
Just like people who cut themselves or pull their hair out, plucking feathers is addictive. Intense pain releases highly addictive endorphins into the body that instantly relieves anxiety. Once addicted to endorphine anxiety relief, the behavior becomes an obsessive need. That’s why caretakers turn to behavior modification to stop feather plucking.
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DISCOVER WHEN PLUCKING FEATHERS HAPPENS
Parrot plucking seems to occur more when there is a lot of hustle bustle or unpredictable events going on. Do a time-study to learn when your parrot plucks and use parrot calming supplements at those times to stop feather plucking. Parrot calming supplements like AviCalm, Herbal Relaxation or Pluck No More are all natural and work well. Nobody wants a "drugged up" parrot, but that can be managed too. Tinker with dosing and administration timing. Evidence shows that medicating in early morning and upon arrival home from work offers optimum results.
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PARROTS NEED A DIFFERENT KIND OF LOVE
Parrots are exotic pets that need specialized care and environmental enrichment. They tend to become very stressed out when their physical, environmental, socialization and enrichment needs are not met, which may contribute to plucking feathers. Explore how you can meet these needs, whether it be by joining a Facebook group or doing independent research as one way to manage parrot stress.
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GET THE STRAIGHT STORY ON BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION
Behavioral feather plucking requires an understanding of behavior modification, something that most of us don’t know much about. Learn how to track your parrots triggers and unwanted behavior in The Feather Destructive Behavior Workbook. Discover how to set up an individualized behavior modification plan specifically for your parrot. Learn how you can respond to parrot plucking so that you can promote desired behaviors and stop feather plucking for good.
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TRACK YOUR PROGRESS FOR BETTER RESULTS
It is helpful to pace your parrot feather plucking treatment by using only a few strategies at a time. Track and log all changes by date to find out which strategies stop feather plucking and which strategies actually raise parrot anxiety. If a strategy is curbing parrot plucking, by all means, continue it. However it if it makes parrot plucking worse after a few weeks, discontinue it.
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