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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.
http://www.cockatielcottage.net/feathers.html
How to attend to a broken blood feather in cockatiels and provides a link on how to find an avian vet.
http://www.birdsnways.com/wisdom/ww48eiv.htm
Many diseases and disorders can affect your birds skin and feathers, including mites, baldness, cysts, behavioral feather picking, polyfollicles, and brown hypertrophy.
http://www.featherpicking.com/
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.
http://www.usask.ca/wcvm/herdmed/applied-ethology/behaviourproblems/selfmutilbird.html
Defines this destructive behavior, causes, contributing factors, and recommendations.
http://www.2ndchance.info/selfpluck.htm
Discusses some common causes such as malnutrition, psychological stress, parasites, and internal organ disease in relation to this behavioral problem in birds.
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