Why Parrots Pluck And How to STOP It
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- Опубликовано: 2 май 2018
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Great info Patty! My U2 doesn't pluck, but it's always nice to know before hand so that you can watch for the signs before it gets out of hand!
Awww... I have Excoriation Disorder, a human condition in the OCD spectrum that causes me to compulsively pick at my skin. A lot of this advice is actually transferrable to humans... I know I pick a lot when I'm bored or anxious. I kind of want to rescue a bird with this behaviour one day & give it a loving home.
They help you are in therapy I hope that you figure out the problem you might try some past life regressions and see if there's some help there. Again if you have been through a thorough medical exam and have tried therapy then you might want to contact a psychic and someone that can help you with past life regression therapy. Good luck to you
When my mom was sick the whole house was super stressed and my bird started to pluck. I felt so bad so I moved her into my bedroom and now she just runs around my room all day and she is soo much happier. Almost all her feathers that she plucked have grown back and I'm hopping the rest grow back during her next molt
How's your parot dude
If I moved my parrot in to different room do I return the cage back in to my living room please help vets said it wasn’t I’ll just Psychological
I hope your mom recovered and the stress levels have gone down for everyone! 🎈
I had a female ringneck since it was a baby, years after I bought a male ringneck thinking she would be excited and happy to have a companion, she got so stressed she plucked her feathers severely, it was a distressing sight, took her numerous times to the vet, with no luck, her situation was heartbreaking. I am retired at home and my birds do not sleep in their cage until the evening when they tuck there selves in their cage. sometimes something you think will benefit them ends up harming them, she ended up passing away and I remember the trauma and pain, sleepless nights it caused me, yes they are pets, but they become family and you have unconditional love for them 💔
Patty please do more videos! I really like the way you explain things and it's easy to listen to your lessons!
Thanks so much Patty great info
Thank you, Patty! This was very informative. We appreciate you sharing your knowledge.
good video. i am glad this subject was covered (even though my CAG doesn't pull feathers)
You are so great!! thank you for this video. It was full of information and you really gave out lots of options and examples for this matter.
Great info!
Thank you very much patty great advice and nice and clear😁😁😁😁
Bird enthusiast here. Thank you for posting this information!
Great info, thank you.
Soooooo sooo helpful thank you!!!!
Thank you.you help me so much
Yeahy Patty so nice to hear from you, I learnt so much in this video who knew some birds have a brooding network of veins on their belly so interesting !!!
Thats some good advice about a really important issue
Interesting. Thanks, Patty! I heard that it's been discovered that some parrots do over-pluck in the wild. Previously it was just believed to be a problem with captive parrots. But of course, wild parrots don't survive long once they start plucking... xA
Thanks Patty! This was all great to hear. I have gradually been able to diminish and mostly eliminate my scarlets plucking. Actually barbering 😊
Can I ask what you did to change that? I m going to the vet in two days, because our green cheek plucks his stomach and top of wing short feathers. He gets a lot of attention and care, exept some hours a day he is in his cage. He had an accident with his beak, a macow ( I can't spell English well, sorry, if wrong) .. bit off the tip of his beak, and he couldn't eat bird food, just ate bananas, blue and strawberrys, rice and sunflower seeds without the scales /outside thing.. It was heartbreaking because his hobbies was to rip things and bite through sticks and everything. Suddenly he couldn't use force and the consequences were that now a month from a year later, he won't eat healthy pellets or seed mix. I know that alone can cause picking of feathers. Vitamins he gets, but I understand it's not enough, I tried so many times, so many brands, but he won't eat, and starving him.. I can't!
He won't shred toys, paper even, when in his cage. Paper, very soft, he will rip, but only if I hold it.
A new toy, scared him, I let it in his cage in hope he would rip out all the paper strings, I may have made him upset and worse, took it out, but still he picks, so he has just gray fur looking feathers left on his stomach. Only a month or so ago, he could make beak scratch noises before sleeping. Think it may hurt if he bites to hard, so picking small feathers, has become a replacement habit, instead of chewing, he used to do.
He gets more love and attention than what I think is normal. So this was my worst fear almost for him, I fear because people say birds pick when bored or unhappy... If he's unhappy, that would be the worst. He looks happy... He follows me almost every hour I m awake at home. He picks even on my hand when I give him attention.. Just so scared he will continue. He needs those feathers.
Also he's purging on me, even though I only scratch his head.
Can giving him a bird friend help? Even that worries me. First he attacks every one but my daughter and me. From first time he was out, he attacked the mirror ( stopped that) , he doesn't care if he's small, just fly right in peoples faces and bites. Before til it bleed, now his beak isn't like before, it has grown a lot out, but I doubt it will grow as it was. He was born with a bit handicapped legs. The vet says it's not painful for him, but he walks with his feet inwards. And a tiny limp. I worry so much and fear the vet won't have a solution. My bird is so tiny, like a budgy in size. A neck thing... I hope they can, but I think he's too small when even the aviator leach thing is so heavy, he tips over, and I feel I can't use it. Maby a smaller size, but anyways... What should I do??? If we buy an other bird and they won't get along...
One problem had so many other consequences. He doesn't deserve this. He's the most awesome bird personality wise. Loves to play hide and seek, loves to cuddle and talks a lot. He won't fly places alone, but flies after especially me everywhere. Always sits on my hand or shirt. Even when I sleep, he won't leave my side, sits and wait or dives in my shirt and take a nap or talk away...
I realize I would have done things differently if I got him now. Learned so much more ofcaurs after two years. Had two budgies when I was little, but they are so different and even with them, I would have done much differently now. I feel so guilty and worried about my bird plucking. I thought he was the happiest bird around. Still, I don't understand this could happen to him. Want to just put him in a sock /stocking, or what it's called, but..
Seen this amazing video and others, tried those advice I could, but he still has only gray soft pillow feathers left on his tummy 😢
If someone has had similar problem and can tell me what change helped their bird, I would love to know.
Like and unlike, so I get a notification on feedback, if anyone got through this short message 🙃😉.. Means so much, because this shouldn't happen, I m scared he'll pluck his long feathers and eventually not be able to fly and freeze. I even tried cutting of some of my hair and hang it up in his cage. Outside, he picks my hair too, but not in the cage. Kind of good on one hand, or I would end up ribbed too. No, seriously this can't go on. Little fluffy butt needs his fluff. Bird experience people, what to do? 😢
Awesome video.
Great video
Yes my bird did just a little plucking got him to the vet she did blood work and he was low on calcium so three times a week I give him calcium supplements but also I feed my birds organic food I do not cook the veggies except potatoes I give the 16 bean after cooking and homemade bone broth. I know some veggies interfere with calcium absorption. I have 2 birds with absolutely no feather plucking now. Thank God
The best advice i found so far 10q very much
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Thank you for this informative video! My birdie has been over plucking lately and he never has done this before. I have him by a window so I'm going to try moving his cage to see if this will help.
AAVS did it help?
Nope
You are the best
VERY good info! It makes total sense. I have a burning question but I don’t know who to ask. As I am learning Best Practices, I am stunned by the number of bird-owners (yrs) & some of these who consider themselves expert teachers, WHY do they pet their bird down the back, under the wings, chest & rubbing the beak! ?HUH? Surely these folks have seen this info by now, that those areas are hands-off. Is it really not that big of a deal? If the bird “likes it”, why not, especially if it stops the screaming. I can’t possibly be the only one out here w this Q. Thank you in advance and, I’m really serious! I want to do the right thing for my bird.
Thank u so much I’ll trie I have an grey African parrot who keeps plucking feathers and I don’t know the reason
in tears of the thought of an unhappy bird, plucking... anyways very informative thank you
I recently got a pacific parrotlet and shes 1 year and a half and she came from a home where they stopped giving her attention and so that's why I took her so she could be with me with more out of the cage time. and shes been plucking her feathers so much that shes starting to go bald and ive tried a lot and don't know how to stop it I need help
Great to see Patty!
My umbrella gets hormonal. I did all the preventative stuff and found if I see the signs that she becomes hormonal I put a cone collar on her for a few weeks. This works and I’ve had her for 29 years.
I have a cockatoo that is plucking badly
Would you recommend a collar after he has been taken to my vet?
I have a grey cockatiel that has a mating habit of throwing up on his foot...how can I stop this? It's wearing down his toe skin.
Hi Pet Parrot Lovers,
Our male Eclectus (Mambo) has been living with us for 20 years now (Australia).
We hope this feedback "Comment" helps other pet parrot owners, as this is why and how we have had no difficulty with Mambo 🦜plucking his feathers:
1) Early in Mambo being our young, hand-raised, tame pet parrot family member we noticed that Mambo would intentionally bath itself when given its morning fresh clean drinking water 💦 (fresh water also given late afternoon before his tea), but he would choose to bathe himself only once weekly, and would also get our attention too!
2) We early read that the Eclectus parrots' original natural habitat is the Tropical Rain Forests of North Queensland and the Tropical Highland Rainforests of PNG (Papua New Guinea), & some of the tropical Pacific Islands. That’s when we thought that they would live with showers of rain 🌧 in their original tropical rainforest habitat, and we put this together with Eclectus’s also being a very high DANDER bird that Mambo would probably enjoy, at his chosen time to bath, with us also giving him a gentle shower spray with an indoor pot plants water 💦 spray bottle. Well yes indeed! Mambo LOVES his weekly bath 🛁 plus light water-spray shower all over and under his body -- he even spreads his wings wide so we can spray under both his wings and both sides of his chest. Mambo prefers this weekly wash in the morning, and he happily chats away after his bath and water spray.
So pet parrot lovers, our take on why Eclectus parrots 🦜 (& some other parrots too!) have a reputation for being feather-pluckers is NOT necessarily a nervousness condition, nor consequent to a health issue or boredom either, but rather with their high dander skin-replacing body, the build-up of dander becomes irritating to them. Thus the scratching and pecking at their irritated skin (with feathers coming out while trying to relieve themselves of the dander skin irritation) is why parrots understandably scratch & peck their skin.
I would be scratching my skin too if I didn't shower daily, and I don't even have a high-dander skin!🤗 And yes, the stress-factor to the parrot with the DANDER irritation can understandably impact their general health and wellbeing, and happiness!
This DANDER skin irritation probably adds to bad behaviour, like screeching, etcetera.
We have 3 pet parrots, and they have never had the problem of plucking feathers.
They all live indoors in our home with us to keep them safe from outside predators (snakes, rats, and predatory birds - e.g. Butcher Birds, Magpies). I have had pet birds most of my 70 year life - and approximately 100 racing pigeons as a young teenager and belonged in the latter 1960’s to the Brisbane QLD Racing Pigeon Federation (the best I got was a 3rd place 🥉 in a long distance pigeon race back to their loved home lofts -- birds love an easy resort-lifestyle and security).
Enjoy wonderful pet birds, as they love human company too!
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My Catalina Macaw plucks under her wings and most often does it while I am holding her which is weird. Occasionally I will find a plucked feather in the morning, but 4/5 times she plucks developing feathers while I am interacting with her and only under her wings.
what is the Therapy ?
My african gray constantly plucks her feathers and she wont stop, however I dont know if its because there is another birdcage next to my african gray parrot.(my two cockatiel)
Patty i just found your yt page and i have a serious question, a friend of mine has a bird a macaw and this one has a history, my friend has this bird now for three years but she already did pluck and the reason? when her original owner died she was taking in by the brother of this owner but he had no knowledge about macaws so she started plucking. Then my friend stepped in and took her in but the plucking kept on going until today. In the time he has her she started to accept him as her partner but his wife was the enemy in the birds eyes and also strangers are not welcome. So now he is looking for a new home for her and i was asked it i would take her in. Over the last 20 years we took in many animals with problems and most of them stayed til they died, from dogs cats and birds even horses. Somehow i feel very sorry for this bird because i know for sure she misses her original owner and she never got the chance to say goodbye and i think that that is the problem. i about two weeks i go over there and see how she is doing and if she has no problem that i am there. I know it is a very big commitment to take in a bird with plucking problems but even they deserve a second and even a third change.
So far my cockatoo is doing better. She came with a long swirling braided rope which lasts a long time. Bought a new 1which I think is stopping the plucking. She was without it for awhile & that's when the plucking began. It took awhile but started slowing the plucking down and she is chewing more on her rope. I tried everything & hee familiar toy looks like she is improving. Replacing her habit of plucking.
Excellent video. I have a male B&G that plucks. The Vet has him on haloperidol, but it has drained him of his personality. I got him a female green wing who was also plucking thinking they might focus on each other rather than their feathers. Now the just fight and pluck. _...I just can't win!_
Your stupid. You put a parrot on medications? Humans are soo dumb.
@@oldschoolfan420 You are so smart. You are a god.
@@birdman7135 I'm no god just smart. I work in the medical field and i've ssen the horrors of medication. The FDA tests meds on animals and stupid people. You were helping the corrupt FDA.
@@oldschoolfan420 Why yes, all medications are bad. Medication is horrible ... evil! Please make this information about the horrors of medication to all who can hear.
Cancer survivors who used medication to beat their cancer are only helping to promote the horrors of "medication."
Everyone who is a recipient of a donor organ should abandon their anti-rejection medication at once!
...What can we do to stop them? ...I'm in!
@@birdman7135 i'm talking about the meds for animals. Your jumping ahead. Btw, every med has a side effect. Fools carry around bags of meds to counteract each other while pfizer gets rich.
My male cockatiel is going to be 14 in August, and he stated plucking about 1 1/2 years ago. It's now gotten to the point that he is bald under his wings, he's plucked the lower left part of his abdomen, and his leg feathers are sparse. I thought it might be boredom, so I take him out a few times. He and my other female cockatiel have their own cages (they don't get along), but have been put in areas that are frequented by myself and my family (like the living room and kitchen). I've also thought that maybe he's sexually frustrated, since he always gets on this little white towel. He's always desperate to get out of his cage and go on the towel. He hasn't plucked primary feathers, but I have seen him pluck out new feathers. I try to divert him from plucking the feathers, but I can't always keep my eye on him.
I'm in the same boat. Even when shes outside most of the time. She plucks when I leave the house for work. But just like yours, it's the legs, back and underneath the wings on the body.
What should we do when a bird is plucking other birds feathers how to stop that?
DEFINITELY almost anything because I have NEVER seen that much fear in any other animal!
Do you believe in plucking vests for protecting or deterring plucking?
It depends on the bird and the product. Sometimes the vest will irritate the skin or get caught on new feather growth and call more attention to the area you are trying to get them to ignore.
What have you done with Dave and Jamie Lee..???
To be honest I need your help cause my brother has two parakeets and they are like really afraid of us and I don’t know how they can begin to trust us
The cat's face says plenty. Cats and birds don't mix well.
What about when he keeps plucking even when he is outside the cage for playtime?
Diet, illness or hormone related problems are all stated as possible stressors in this very video to cause plucking that don't involve boredom.
Hello my bird is now starting to pluck his like feathers yk at the hole :(
Umm it's weird for all of you but in my city there is no parrot's vet.that's awful.there is some medicins,but i don't know which one can i give my bird.
I have 2 parrots and they are not bored,cause they are playing and sometimes fighting,so what i'm tring to say is that plucking isn't caused by mental illness. one of them is fluffed up almost every time.and he doesn't have feather on his neck area.i don't know what to do.and if you know something pls help.
When were they separated from their parents? In adult hand-raised birds it can suddenly arise once they've gone through puberty (2~3yo) because they're more hormonal and don't have the memories of their parent birds preening them.
I'm guessing parrots have colours and are bright to attract partners. And so if they have no reason to shoe off how they look then feather no longer become important. They need space and companionship. Yes being at work all day and leaving them alone is going to play a big part. Picture being in a police cell every day. You'd be pulling your hair out too
These birds don’t belong in cages they need a room to fly around in and a window to look out.
My African grey went crazy a year ago and started mutilating itself...now it lives with double cone around it's neck... It whistle sing and talk... It also eats well... But the moment I remove the cones it plucks and attacks it's own skin. I'm so sad and frustrated I tried so many things none have worked except for the permanent cones... I appreciate any help... I reached to a point of considerate euthanasia 😢
I crochet mine cute little bird sweaters. email me for pics. too cute.
Why tf would you euthanize a plucking bird? 🙄
They won't die of it and if the behavior can't be stopped... either accept a naked bird or rehome it to a better owner who'll accept the bird in that state.
@@RyosukeTakahashiRX7 because it doesn't only pluck it mutilate itself and chew through the meat and bleed
@@KareemAbawi Seems very weird. In that case take a sock and give it a shirt... should stop the harmful mutilation at least and is more comfortable than a cone. Maybe try to preen the feathers by yourself after removing the cone like other parrots would. Might help stopping it.
I hope your AG is feeling better now.
Just fucking think about it for one second... they were born to fly
Only have two dogs but here i am for some reason.
Do you want one someday tho
Hi Patti, wish you had your beautiful girl or one of your other babies with you while you were talking.
Yay my bird does not pluck ok I am good
my budgie was preening and I thought I was plucking and I panicked
Two things; some parrots do indeed pluck their breast while they lie on their eggs, it is normal and second for some reason it never gets brought up that parrots can also start plucking because they don't have a mate which is one of the most common reasons. Not having a mate causes them to be either stressed, frustrated or lonely (even with human company!) since they have no one to talk to in their own language. This shouldn't be ignored!
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Plucking in birds is like humans bitting nails...
Is more painful than baiting your nails is like picking your arm/leg hairs with a tweezers
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I have thought a lot about this and I just think we shouldn't do things to animals we wouldn't want done to us such as use of cages. I wouldn't want to be held captive in a cage, and If I was a bird or a non-domesticated critter, I would want to be outside and free. I think there is going to be a huge awakening about our keeping of animals such as birds. It seems a shame to keep an animal from flying when it has this most extra ordinary ability. My conscience got the better of me and I freed my bird once his wings grew back. WHere I live there are large flocks of tropical birds that were once held as pets in cages. I'm sure many will critisize but you know...we shouldn't keep people in cages either (with exceptions of s murderers, rapists, and other heinous crimes) so the fact that our country has 5 % of the worlds population yet 25% of the worlds prison population, we do live in a society where it is deeply ingrained that caging living beings is ok. I don't believe it is anymore. Costa Rica passed a law a couple of years ago outlawing all cages and I believe it is a beautiful and humane gesture of humanity toward the animal kingdom: an awakening by a whole society. Just thoughts. I judge not.
It usually takes someone who loves birds to realize they shouldn't be caged. By then, we love them so much and can not just release them. I tend to agree with a lot that you say, however, releasing my birds is not an option. They would be big targets in the animal kingdom. If I lived in the tropics, then it might be a consideration.
Releasing non-native species into the wild disrupts native bird populations. So you think you are helping but actually making everything WORSE!!!!!
If they live in a smoky or stinky home they will pluck and need to be given away
I feel like its anxiety.
I can only take my bird out once a day, so I am trying to find stuff to help my conure have less of a terrible day in the cage. But I don't pay for this bird, so I am gonna have to get more toys that conures actually like.
My Cockatoo is plucking her feathers and I'm desperate to stop her doing so. She's a rescue bird and come as she is plucked her self all over her body back breast and tops her wings. she's a Solomon's cockatoo. Was keeped under a stair case with no outside view hardly any toys. she gets everything now attention a good 3 or 4 hours a day between my self and my partner. She loves the new born baby she thinks it's hers bless. Spend a lot of time being a parrot nanny. She's loving. Never get any bites at all. Lots of soft woods for her to queue up. And she's loads better the plucking as started to slow. We have had her for around 3 months now and she perfect other then she's very loud. Was expected so we do not punish her for screaming. Neighbours aren't to happy but she's are baby now. I'm worried that it's habit rather then mental stress or boredom. Put her bed last night and there was a pull last night blood on the back of her wing. Do you think more attention is needed or will she never fully get over this. It's really up setting for use as we love her and also for anyone visiting as my friends and family love are parrots. Any advice would be very much welcome 😊
My parrot does this too... I just.. didn't have time to take him out of the cage... and he just.. I will try to do this with him... idk vet is the last option.
The last option?
If you have no time for your bird, which you admit you don't, the kind, decent thing to do would be to rehome him/her with someone who does have time. You're being selfish & cruel.
Noo I have had him for 8 years
I was gone on vacation and I didn't have time
@@Blackspace_77 You can't leave a bird unattended while you vacation!!!!!!!!
The reason is birds shouldn't be in captivity. They are meant to fly, migrate, etc. Birds in the wild don't have that problem.
No one should keep birds in a cage or not letting them fly. I think it's just cruel.
You are right - there is no solution to this problem.
Avian vet isn't cheap.
So?
If you're not willing to pay for veterinary care for your bird, then don't get a bird.
@@PoatoSpud you sound either aggressive or angry. Did I remind you your past mistakes?
@Matt Yao
No, I'm lucky enough to not have had any of those experiences with my bird yet.
I do realize now the previous reply might have sounded a bit rude, and I apologize for that.
Yes, veterinary care isn't cheap by any means, but I'm surprised you would deny your bird of the care it needs to be healthy.
Plucking is an experience no bird should have to go through, and it's brought about because of the fact that they are in captivity, often owned by people who aren't qualified to even own a snail. And don't get me wrong, I promise you I'm not referring to you by any means. My point is that we went through the trouble of bringing these birds here, into the pet trade, where they never wanted to be in the first place. We obviously can't change that fact, but what we can do is give them the best lives possible while in our care.
Again, yes, veterinary care isn't cheap, and if there's no way you can afford it at this time I completely understand. But, if you're willing, I'd recommend looking into pet insurance. Exotic Direct is the only one I know of that can be used for birds, and I don't currently use it so I can't say whether it's worth it or not.
Your question of "did I remind you of your past mistakes?" makes me think you're trying to turn on me a bad experience with an avian vet, which is making you too fearful of the situation happening again. If that's the case, I totally understand your worry/concern. I heard many stories of people who don't get veterinary care for their birds because they have stories of (especially from 30+ years ago) taking their bird to the vet and the symptoms worsening and/or the bird dying under the vet's care. Yes, those are very traumatizing experiences for us, but oftentimes the benefits of getting your bird medical care greatly, and I mean GREATLY outweigh the risks. Just imagine your bird stopping that awful behavior that is feather plucking, getting all his (or her) gorgeous plumage back, and just the pleasure of owning a happier, calmer bird.
I know you've probably stopped reading this by now, and I can understand that. I promise you I won't hurl my beliefs/opinions on bird care at you any longer. But if you are still reading, thank you for considering what I've mentioned. Whenever I leave a comment, it doesn't come from a place of hate; just a wanting to improve the lives of animals the world over as much as I can. 😉
I have no control over this:
But we live by a highway. My grandpa has the bird outside with the budgies but in seperate cage. It is loud and everything rattled every time a truck passes. I can expect the bird to pluck... sorry birdie at least you have toys and is not stuck in a travel cage with one other bird...
That's cruel😟
Rehome them.
Actually that's not true. I have seven birds they're all rescues and many were pluckers. The first thing that you do is take your bird to the vet and make sure they don't have any infections which could cause plucking. The next thing you do is find a good pet psychic that can talk to your bird and find out what's bothering the bird. However most of the time you will find that plucking is due to death or loss of an owner. Then the bird gets rehomed and gets worried about that. Most of the time all the pet has to do is assure the bird that it is now in a forever home and it doesn't have to worry about getting rehomed. If you need a referral for a good pet psychic that is reasonably priced I have one Just message me
Yes please! I am all about this. Where could I find a psychic for my cockatiel. I am in TN, US.
@@taleighshacinto33 etsy or ebay
@@taleighshacinto33 Etsy and eBay has good pet psychics
Title says how to STOP IT…and then you go on to says it’s almost impossible and you offer little advice nor do you respond to anyone’s comments below..
why birds pull fur because of itching because of the small white feathers on the feathers and lazy owners don't want to spend time playing with their birds to fly freely outside. birds fly to throw lime into feathers. birds have a lot of white chalk
I would say 99% problem is because of the stress. They should be free, cage or in home, its not their actual habitat. Birds should be free. Don’t make them your pet. You make their life boring and stressful. They do alot much more out in the wild than in a home
Amen!! I've had budgies & they've lived long & happy lives thankfully, but I got an IR parrot (after researching too) & I wish they weren't bred for captivity. They're too intelligent & active to be so. It's a sin I didn't appreciate in time. It's no better than what seaworld do to cetaceans😥💔
I take mine out all day. I adopted a bird who came from a home where 2 elderly people died or went into a nursing home. I just made sweaters for mine. He looks great now