Charlie kakkoi!

Feather Destructive Behavior (FDB) is one of the most misunderstood conditions affecting pet birds (I prefer companion birds, but algorithms) and it occurs more often than you think.

Some people assume plucking is simply caused by poor care, but the science says it's much more complex than that. Research suggests that FDB can involve medical, environmental, hormonal, sex, genetic, and psychological factors, with chronic stress often playing a role. 

Every bird's situation is unique and we need to hold off knee-jerk judgment of the nekkid buddies.

In today's belated (bc posts stuff like this takes awhile to set up) Bird Fact Friday, we're exploring what researchers have discovered about this and why it remains such a challenging condition to understand.

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hello everyone, and welcome to the 4th year of seren abaru's selfshiptober event! for those who are unfamiliar, selfshiptober is a halloween-themed, prompt-based creation event for selfshippers of all kinds. each day of october has two prompts assigned to it. these prompts are used to inspire you to create something for your selfship. you are free to either combine the two prompts together, create something for them separately, or choose just one to create for. the spooky prompts tend to be a bit on the darker side and probably won't appeal to most, so if you'd like to only use the first set of prompts and completely ignore the second, be my guest! on that note, you are free to interpret, combine, and alter these prompts however you'd like. there are no strict rules. you may do whatever feels best for you!

#1 : kiss | full moon

#2 : autumn date | foggy

#3 : gift | candlelight

#4 : soulmates | ritual

#5 : late-night conversations | tarot

#6 : costume | transformation

#7 : nature | shadow

#8 : protect | blood

#9 : trip | spooky attraction

#10 : quality time | haunted

#11 : cemetery | serene

#12 : comfort | pain

#13 : snuggle | warmth

#14 : beautiful | dangerous

#15 : dance | party

#16 : admiration | obsession

#17 : teasing | dagger

#18 : game night | bicker

#19 : bubble bath | bandages

#20 : baking | surprise

#21 : glow | necromantic

#22 : loyalty | possession

#23 : pumpkin patch | magical

#24 : dream | illusion

#25 : shopping | reflection

#26 : playful | scary

#27 : secrets | laboratory

#28 : stargaze | creatures of the night

#29 : art | spell

#30 : adorn | worship

#31 : sweet treat | halloween night

while this event is centered around the halloween month, participants are not only allowed, but encouraged to stretch it out into november and december as to avoid burnout! your works will still "count" for the event as long as you post them before the new year. you do not have to force yourself to complete everything in the span of 31 consecutive days.

remember to tag your works with #selfshiptober2025 and tag the @selfshiptober blog so that i can see it! HAPPY CREATING!!

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selfship questionnaire !!!!

hello do you like filling out forms and answering questions ? well i have made a questionnaire ! about selfshipping . very general things and such .

if you would like to take it, you can find it here !!!!

i ask if you could , reblog this !!! just to gather more responses . not for anything of interest i just like statistics and stuff . also , results will be posted here in about a week or two !!! :D thank u guys !!!

Based on the light novel!