All bird collars will require training your bird to wear the collar, otherwise your bird will destroy the collar quickly. Your bird may have become accustomed to chewing it's feathers as a way to calm anxieties. The bird collar doesn't change parrot anxiety, but it does provide a temporary barrier between the beak and feathers. We strongly recommend combining behavior modification training to help your bird learn to not pick or to do other activities to gain your attention. Our fleece and leather collars are meant to provide a preening diversion for your bird and therefore, you can expect that your bird will chew the collar.
You may need to assist bird with eating until it becomes accustomed to collar. UnRuffledRx products are stitched together so that they can be trimmed to fit. Tube collars have stitching that allows you to shorten the length of the collar while soft bird collars have stitching guidelines that allow you to trim the perimeter and notch the neck to make it bigger.
| Product | Materials | Closure | Strength |
| Saf-T Shield | Plastic, stainless snaps, padded neck | Stainless Steel Snaps |
Stiff, smooth plastic collar is difficult to chew; non-flexible |
| Fleece Slip On Bird Collar | Fleece | Slips over head, Easy to notch to make hole bigger |
Basic 3-4 layers of fleece. Lightweight, great entry level collar that gets your pet used to wearing collars and fit to carry the weight of a bird collar. |
| Fleece and hook and loop closure |
Hook and loop closure stitched on with Kevlar Thread |
4-5 layers of thick fleece provide a thicker barrier from feathers; this collar is a little heftier, and also heavier. | |
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Fleece with Stiff Insert |
Fleece, stiff plastic insert, hook and loop closure | Hook and loop closure stitched on with Kevlar Thread | Most sturdy of all fleece collars in that the insert prevents birds that are fixated on plucking from lifting the fabric to get at their feathers or skin. |
| Milled Veg-Tan Leather (Bird Safe), stick on hook and loop closure |
Stick on Velcro |
3-4 oz. thick veg tan leather lasts longer than fabric. Chewy material | |
| Leather and Fleece Bird Collar | Milled Veg-tan Leather (Bird Safe), hook and loop closure, Fleece | Hook and loop closure stitched on with Kevlar Thread | 3-4 oz. thick veg tan leather lasts longer than fabric. Two layers of sewn on fleece for chewing and preening diverts birds attention |
| Tube Collar, Soft | Fleece, Veg-tan, milled leather, hook and loop closure | Hook and loop closure stitched on with Kevlar Thread | Soft leather curtails neck movement making it difficult to get at feathers |
| Tube Collar, Stiff |
Fleece, veg-tan stiff leather, hook and loop closure |
Hook and loop closure, stitched on with Kevlar Thread | Stiff leather restricts neck movement thereby making it difficult to get at feathers |
| Parrot Poncho With Neck Protection |
Fleece, veg-tan lace Closure |
Veg-tan lace closure | Slips over head; High neck offers neck protection |
