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Originally Posted by Ridureyu
Pets are absolutely wonderful family members.
It could be that the hormonal change from egg-laying gave her an allergy? Have there been any changes in her environment or diet? Anything that might cause a small irritation but has inflamed?
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I was thinking the exact same thing. I know that many female dogs experience skin irritation that results in itching and hair loss either during their heat cycle, or while pregnant or nursing; Pit Bull Terriers are notorious for this, and it's not uncommon for a female APBT to go nearly bald by the time her pups are weaned, making people who don't know better think that the dog is being abused, but it's just hormones, as you said. I've even had female SNAKES(especially King Snakes, for some reason)who will develop little bumps or pustules under their scales right after laying eggs, for no apparent reason, so I've got to suspect hormones there, too. I DO know that many bird species deliberately pluck their breast feathers during the breeding season, to both line the nest with, and to expose a "brood patch" for incubating eggs, but I've never bred parrots, so I'm just making an educated guess on that one.
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