How to Destroy a Bird - What We Don't Want to Do

The video and photos below show birds missing feathers or birds with open wounds. Birds kept in captivity often develop the captivity induced behavior of self mutilation. Birds who self mutilate will pluck out their feathers, chew/rip holes in their skin or bite off their claws, feet or legs. Birds in the wild rarely self mutilate because they are busy gathering food, protecting their young and basically just doing "wild" things. Wild birds also usually have a nutritionally adequate diet.

Sadly, many birds sold by Bird Paradise and other pet stores have a very good chance of becoming self mutilators.

Watch this video, "How to Destroy a Parrot" and find out what we don't want to do to birds!