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by matthiasv 1797 days ago
> On cockatoos: One of my neighbours have been keeping a white cockatoo as pets for 10+ years, the bird start to lose feather on tis chest...

It's not "losing" feathers, it's likely pulling them out due to living in a confined space without appropriate social ties and thus behaving like this.
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pibechorro 1797 days ago
Ding ding ding.

Dont cage birds, if you are not working from home and giving them stimulation all day everyday, its torture.

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pvaldes 1797 days ago
Can be also Psittaccine beak and feathers disease, a relatively common and non treatable disease of cockatoos caused by (who would suspect that) a circovirus. This birds were born to be the avian version of the Jocker (and a really good one).
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