Pluckers "Refeathering Kit"

MonicaMc said:

I heard that you just bake them in the oven to kill germs. Never done it myself so I don't recall the exact temperatures or time.

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1. CBC/Blood panel to check for any potential health problems (ask for the pluckers CBC)
2. Skin & Feather biopsy to test for bacterial infections only on the surface of the skin
3. Try a fresh food/sprouted seed diet
4. Try Harrison's HP Diet with Sunshine Factor/Booster ---> Exotic DVM | See Clinical Cases - Birds (beware, some graphic images!)
5. Try Roudybush Rice Diet (for potential allergies)
6. Remove allergy type foods from the diet (peanuts, soy, corn, wheat, sweet potato, sunflower seeds, etc)
7. Provide a gluten free diet
8. Provide foraging activities/teach them how to forage
9. Remove free feeding stations and only feed through foraging activities/feed twice a day meals
10. Provide exercise in the form of flight every single day
11. Purchase full spectrum lighting
12. Invest in an outside cage/aviary for the bird to be in for 1+ hours per day to receive natural sunlight
13. Consider getting a companion of same/similar species for the bird
14. Teach new behaviors in the form of 'trick training' (it's more than just training 'stupid pet tricks'! )
15. Change the water source
16. Frequent, daily bathes (if not multiple bathes)
17. Get a humidifier to increase humidity to around 50%
18. Provide Vitamin A and/or E supplements (Red Palm Oil, Coconut Oil, Flaxseed Oil, Fish [Liver?] Oil)
19. Try Avicalm and Featheriffic and/or Pluck No More products or other calming products
20. Make sure hands are clean before handling your bird (nicotine from smoking cigarettes, lotion, oils, etc may bother their feet and skin)