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There are a number of disorders and disease that can affect birds skin and feathers. Some which can be inherited, contracted, or behavioral in nature.

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Common Skin and Feather Disorders in Pet Birds Part I - Many diseases and disorders can affect your birds skin and feathers, including mites, baldness, cysts, behavioral feather picking, polyfollicles, and brown hypertrophy. Feather Picking and Self-Mutilation in Companion Birds - Defines this destructive behavior, causes, contributing factors, and recommendations. Feather Plucking In Parrots - Discusses some common causes such as malnutrition, psychological stress, parasites, and internal organ disease in relation to this behavioral problem in birds. Broken Blood Feathers - How to attend to a broken blood feather in cockatiels and provides a link on how to find an avian vet. Feather Picking - Provides information on birds that engage in feather-destructive behaviors such as chewing, plucking, barbering and pulling of feathers, and skin mutilation. Includes articles and a case history.

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