If you have a plucking, shredding, barbering or mutilating bird, would you be kind enough to please participate in our survey? Copy and paste this survey to an email, complete it and email it back to us at forbirdssaketoys@cs.com Please fill out one for each bird that you have that plucks, shreds, barbers or mutilates. For the survey we will simply use pluck in the questions for simplicity. Feel free to post this survey on any group or pass along to anyone you know with a bird that plucks. The more data we acquire, the better. At the end of every month we will post the result totals from our survey, never will your name or other personal info be shared without your permission. And you will never be judged for your answers.
1. What is the approximate age of your bird.?
2. What is the sex of your bird?
3. Does your bird pluck, shred, barber or mutilate?
4. What part or parts of their body do they pluck?
5. What species of parrot is plucking? Be specific ie: don't say only macaw, but B&G or GW, etc
6. Has your bird been seen by an avian vet for this problem?
7. What tests did you have performed?
8. What were the test results?
9. If there was a medical cause, what medications were prescribed? Please try to remember the dosages and how long the medication was administered.
10. Did the medications ultimately stop the plucking?
11. Is your bird flighted or clipped?
12. If there was no medical condition found, what remedies have you tried? Please describe exactly what you did and what results you got.
13. Please try to pinpoint when your bird started to pluck and try to describe what you feel likely triggered the behavior.
14. Where do you reside? Apartment ____Townhouse____Mobile Home____ Private Home ____Other __________
15. How many birds do you have? Please list the species, sex and ages, if known.
16. How many humans live in your home: Male ____ Female____
17. What are the ages of the humans in your home?
18. What other kinds of pets live in your home?
19. How long have you had your plucking bird?
20. Was the bird plucked before you got it?
21. If you feed pellets, which brand do you feed?
22. Do you offer a seed mix? If so, which brand do you feed?
23. Do you offer your bird fresh fruits and vegetables? What kinds?
24. What other foods/treats do you offer?
25. What nuts if any, do you offer? Shelled or unshelled?
26. What percentage of your bird’s diet is fresh? _______ seed?_______ pellets?_______treats?_______nuts?______
27. Are there any other supplements you offer on a regular basis? Ie:Apple Cider Vinegar, Aloe, mineral blocks, vitamins, etc...
28. Do you use bottled water, well water , RO or are you on a public water supply?
29. Have you tried eliminating any particular foods? If so, which ones and with what results?
30. How many hours a day is your bird in a cage?
31. How many hours a day do you interact with your bird?
32. How many hours a day does your bird sleep? What time do you put them away for the evening?
33. Are you home most of the time or do you work outside of your home?
34. Do you have full spectrum lighting?
35. Do you run air purifiers or air cleaners?
36. Do you run humidifiers in the cold months?
37. Were you this bird's first home?
38. How often do you shower your bird?
39. How do you shower them?
40. Where do you live? (Only State and Country)
41. What types of toys do you offer? wood, shredding, etc..
42. How many toys on average in their cage?
43. Do you use foraging with your bird at all? How often?
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