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Cutaneous disorders such as feather destructive behaviour (FDB) and pododermatitis are commonly noted in clinical reviews, case reports and text book chapters.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Hypothesis\/Objectives<\/jats:title><jats:p>To document the type, signalment associations and prevalence of cutaneous disorders in a large number of captive psittacines in an academic referral teaching hospital population.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Animals<\/jats:title><jats:p>Case population at a university veterinary teaching hospital.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods and Materials<\/jats:title><jats:p>Retrospective study using computerised medical records of birds (psittacine and non\u2010psittacine) examined between 1 January 1988 and 31 December 2021. Inclusion criteria were records of psittacines with dermatological diagnoses.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Of 3472 psittacines, 1454 (41.9%) had cutaneous disease. Age was strongly associated with an increased risk of cutaneous diseases. The most common cutaneous disorders were pododermatitis (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009729) and FDB (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009528). Female sex and increased age were associated with significantly higher odds of FDB, as were the genera <jats:italic>Cacatua<\/jats:italic> (cockatoos), <jats:italic>Psittacus<\/jats:italic> (African grey parrots), <jats:italic>Ara<\/jats:italic> (macaws) and <jats:italic>Agapornis<\/jats:italic> (lovebirds). Increased age and the genus <jats:italic>Agapornis<\/jats:italic> also were associated with significantly higher odds of pododermatitis. The most common infectious disease was mite (presumed <jats:italic>Knemidocoptes<\/jats:italic>) infestation, almost exclusively seen in budgerigars; increased age was associated with significantly lower odds of having mites.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions and Clinical Relevance<\/jats:title><jats:p>Pododermatitis and FDB were the most common cutaneous disorders in psittacines. 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