Pretty Bird: An Approach to Combating Feather Destructive Behavior

Feather Destructive Behaviors (FDB) encompasses any type of feather destruction and mutilation within psittacine parrots like plucking, barbering, and mutilation of the skin.

FDB is a multimodal behavior that can be caused be behavioral and medical reasons. There are a variety of treatment options to these behaviors utilizing a veterinarian and behavioralist in conjunction.

Learn from professional behavioralist and trainer Melanie Canatella, B.S., CPBT-KA, CPDT-KA, Fear Free Certified Trainer, with Fluff and Feathers Training as to the behavioral approaches to FDB to decrease them.

All methods discussed are science-based through peer-reviewed published work and education based upon emerging practices and information about these behaviors.