Hello all,
I have been lurking for a while but thought I would ask the bird community about a question I had. I recently purchased an 8 month old Rose Cockatoo. In the pet store she plucked like crazy and shredded alot of her tail and wing feathers. Her wing feathers look like she pretty much just plucked some out but the tail feathers seem like they are shredded on the shaft, the shaft is still intact but the feather itself is pretty mangled. Will those grow back? Do the old ones need to fall out first? I noticed she has a TON of pinfeathers on her head and I have gotten enough trust that she lets me preen those for her so she is getting new feathers. She also has a couple really long flight feathers that have grown back in. She has been home a little over a month now. When I get home I will try and post up some photos.