@Rue I "share" a conure with my uncle that overpreens and occasionally plucks. He has an anxiety disorder, no other way to describe it. He was born this way. The breeder (who was excellent) even warned us about it, none of the other conures had this problem.
It was hard at first but I like to think about how good his quality of life is. Yeah, he gets anxious and overpreens to cope, he gets REALLY anxious and overpreens and plucks a bit, but he's happy and healthy otherwise and he's in the best situation he can be in. I'm sure the same can be said about your girl.
It's just sad that birds that went through trauma and neglect and used plucking as a coping mechanism for the stress and loneliness struggle to break that coping mechanism when they're adopted and their life improves. But it did improve! I'm sure your girl is happy and appreciative of the good care you give her in her own way, bald or not.
It was hard at first but I like to think about how good his quality of life is. Yeah, he gets anxious and overpreens to cope, he gets REALLY anxious and overpreens and plucks a bit, but he's happy and healthy otherwise and he's in the best situation he can be in. I'm sure the same can be said about your girl.
It's just sad that birds that went through trauma and neglect and used plucking as a coping mechanism for the stress and loneliness struggle to break that coping mechanism when they're adopted and their life improves. But it did improve! I'm sure your girl is happy and appreciative of the good care you give her in her own way, bald or not.