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                            Feather Destructive Behavior

                            Date: February 19, 2014

                            By: Christal Pollock, DVM, DABVP (Avian Practice)

                            Keywords: feather destructive behavior

                            Categories: Avian,  Resources & Education 

                            Feather destructive behavior represents a range of actions from excessive preening to feather plucking or feather picking to self-mutilation.

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