I have been using this only a couple of days. My Severe Macaw at eleven months has started plucking his breat feathers. Too early to tell if it does the trick. I am using other things as well but the feathers are definitely softer to the touch and he loves the shower he gets from it. For that alone in deserves a 5 star.

My cockatoo absolutely cannot abide the bottle this came in. She attacked it, maybe because it's big and white, whenever I brought it anywhere near her. Also she puffed up in the "I am bigger than you, but slightly afraid" way. I did manage to spray her a few times with the bottle, while dodging attacks, and she didn't seem to mind the results. She seemed soft afterwards. So I transferred some of the liquid into a hairdresser's spray bottle that she is used to (clear bottle, black top) and then she seemed to actually enjoy getting sprayed with the pale blue liquid. Jury's still out on the plucking or over-grooming, but at least she's not attacking.

Very Happy with my purchase!!

I have a well-socialized and active 11-year old Muluccan Cockatoo that strangely overgroomed and plucked her feather under her right wing (I rescued her that way). We tried everything short of an anti-plucking collar. After spaying her down, paying special attention to her down feathers under her wing, she greatly reduced her plucking tendencies! We noticed that while her feathers were wet she completely ignored the area. After a few days, we observed a noticeable decrease in feather plucking. Interestingly, we did not get the same results with semi-weekly baths in the shower.

It's only been a week now, but for the first time in a year, she has not plucked out all her new feather growth. I'm crossing my fingers that she'll have feathers back within a couple of months. I'll update this post in a week to let everyone know how it's working out.

Update: June 6th

It's been working out pretty well. Just so long as the her plucking area is sprayed, she won't preen the area. This translates to approximately 2 hours of not over preening or plucking. I've spayed the area 2 - 3 times a day with 1 or 2 pumps. Some of her feathers have grown back. It's too early to tell if this will break her habit. I've definitely noticed a reduction in her tendency to over preen. I'll post another update in a few weeks.

Update: August 22nd

I'm happy to say that the results are very positive. The spray seems to penetrate my birds powdery feather covering versus water. The benefit to this is that she will not prean the area for hours as area is still damp. I use the spray two to three times under her wings a day for the past couple weeks. She has grown back almost all her feathers! Not only that, like human beings, reducing the behavior or a couple weeks, it seems that she has broken the habit of preaning the area. I'm very happy with the results. See the photos.

He loves this spray and asks to be sprayed. He is a plucker and has sensitive skin. When I start spraying this, he loves it and it calms his skin and reduces plucking. This product has been amazing.