1. The cause of depression in parrots
1. Boredom: parrots themselves are a A very lively and active little animal, they like freedom, like to make friends in groups, if they are locked in a small cage for a long time, or chained to the platform, they cannot fly, and there is no owner or other birds. With company, it becomes boring and depressed.
2. Emotional anxiety: Parrots generally like to chat with their owners and go out for a walk with their owners. If they suddenly find that their owners spend less time with them, they will easily become anxious, just like humans. When nervous, they may play with their fingers or hair, and the parrot may start biting at its own feathers.
3. Environmental changes: The parrot’s living environment changes suddenly, such as the addition of other birds in the house, which makes it feel that it may fall out of favor, or the sudden departure of its partner and owner , it will make it feel uneasy, nervous, and anxious, and it will easily become depressed for a long time.
Second, why do depressive parrots pluck their hair?
1. Parrots are depressed and want to find something to do when they are bored. If they suddenly find that pecking their feathers at this time seems to be very interesting, it is a little painful, but it will not If it hurts too much, then there will be meetings frantically repeating the action of plucking hair, especially when no one is around. Sometimes parrots have plucked their own feathers, and they will also want to pluck the feathers of the birds next to them, because this has formed an obsessive-compulsive disorder.
2. Depression in parrots is a kind of self-mutilation behavior. Like humans, they may scratch their arms with a knife when they are depressed. They even enjoy the stimulation of pain. Generally, it will start with the feathers on the chest and gradually progress to the back, tail, head, and finally all plucked.
No matter how small a parrot is, it is also a life. Before we prepare to raise it, we should be prepared to be responsible for it. If we find that the parrot is prone to depression, we should improve its living environment in time. Spend more time with him and try to communicate with the parrot. Rather than just discarding the parrot because it plucked its fur.
