A: Aggressive behavior is a fairly common problem among the psittacine (parrot) species. Birds can exhibit a variety of aggressive behaviors. These behaviors can include self-mutilation (feather picking) or biting of cage mates or the owner/handler.
There are several possible causes for such behaviors, some of which are not easy to determine. The three main categories are hormonal, inappropriate husbandry and underlying...
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