What causes depression in parrots
1. Boredom
Boredom is the most common cause of parrot depression, because parrots are naturally active and active, so they are kept in small spaces or locked on platforms for a long time, and they lack company for a long time. If you get tired of playing again, it will naturally get bored. When the parrot is bored or has nothing to do, the parrot will focus on its own feathers and pull feathers. At the beginning, the parrot may feel a little pain when plucking, but it also feels a little irritating, so if you continue to pluck the hair, it will become bald in the long run.
2. Emotional anxiety
If a parrot realizes that the owner spends less or less time with it, it will become emotionally anxious, and emotional anxiety also leads to One of the causes of parrot depression. And parrots will continue to play with their own feathers when they are emotionally anxious, just like we play with our own hair when we are nervous, so they begin to bite feathers. In addition, individual introverted parrots tend to become anxious or nervous about being teased by strangers.
3. In estrus or under the influence of unfamiliar environment
When parrots are in estrus, some birds may become anxious due to the influence of hormonal changes, accompanied by feather pecking behavior However, the feather-pecking behavior of parrots caused by this condition is usually short-lived, and the phenomenon of parrot feather-pecking will decrease when the estrus period ends. In addition, if the parrot’s breeding environment is suddenly changed and the parrot feels oppressed, it may also become depressed due to emotional anxiety. For example, if other pets or birds suddenly join the parrot’s breeding environment, the bird will feel out of favor and threatened, become restless, and then self-mutilate plucking.
4. Lack of trace elements
Parrots may also pluck their hairs in the absence of trace elements. The breeder should pay attention to keeping the bird’s nutrition balanced and adequate on a daily basis.
Reminder:
Although feather pecking does not pose a threat to the health of the parrot, the parrot’s bald hair looks messy and It is not beautiful, and if the hair is plucked too much, it will also affect its normal flight. Therefore, if the breeder finds that the parrot is plucking, he must promptly find out the reason for the parrot plucking and stop it in time.
