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Do you pluck or breast? Most folks usually do one or the other, but there are times when one method works best. So here are the upsides of each, the basic procedures, and some handy tips. The Upsides: ...

“It’s easier than pulling out a hair from your chin,” says Kristen Ruegg, an assistant professor of biology at Colorado State University. Ruegg is a director at the Bird Genoscape Project, which ...

Before and after Jasmine stopped plucking. Some feathers will never grow back, unfortunately. Visit Relievet.com to see more photos. Jasmine the Cockatoo is Transformed to a New Bird Thanks to ...

As I prepared a talk on avian behavior for some student groups at the vet school, I realized I haven’t written much at all on behavior problems in parrots and other pet birds in this column. So today ...