We just moved into our new house this weekend. We left the birds overnight in their travel cages at our townhouse while we moved. Rowan (my CAG) is terrified of boxes, so we wanted to get the living room set up before we moved them into their cages so she wouldn't freak out while we unpacked. She seemed fine during the weeks before we moved. I started covering her for a minute when I brought boxes through the living room b/c she'd start thrashing around in her cage. I wasn't home as much as I wanted the 3 weeks prior to the move due to work and fixing the house, but she was acting like normal (eating, vocalizing, weight was good) and I never saw any damaged feathers. The day of the move I think she was stressed, but all of the birds kinda were. I didn't find the barbered wing feather until we picked them up from their overnight stay at our old place. I'm not sure, but it looks like her tail might be a little messed up too. It's hard to say since her tail has always looked kinda scruffy since I got her.
Our schedules should go back to normal now that we're moved in. I'm hoping she'll leave her feathers alone once she feels settled in here? I left everything in her cage the same as before the move so its something familiar. We also have a vet appt with our new vet this weekend to get her established as a patient there.
I feel really really awful that she's barbering her feathers! She's my baby girl & I don't want her to feel so awful that she has to destroy her feathers... !
Sorry for the novel, just worried!
At least she looked ok everywhere else. No signs of plucking that I can find either.
