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Feather Plucker

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I was sitting on the couch watching TV with the birds in front of our window in the den. (I take them down to the den when we are in for the day and watching the television). All of a sudden I hear the female screaming and the male chewing on a feather. I realized it was one of her crown feathers because it is very thin unlike her other feathers.

I had noticed her crown seemed to be getting shorther and shorter and thought it was because of her molting but he just plucked a feather from her head. It had a thick end so I know it had to have hurt coming out.

They fuss at each other but I have never seen them really fight.

Do you think I should remove the male and put him in his own cage or is this a normal thing???
 
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