Broken tail

susan · Post by **susan** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 6:33 am

My IRN has broken his tail feather...what can I do? It seems painful when I touch it.

jen5239 · Post by **jen5239** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 6:48 am

Hi Susan,
I would recommend just leaving it alone. I read in a Bird Talk magazine that pulling a feather off of your bird is like pulling our hair out. The article said the bird will deal with it and just to leave it alone. So that's what I do. But I'm by far no expert!

Good luck,
Jen

Dani03 · Post by **Dani03** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 6:50 am

If the bird kind of growls at you when you thouch the tail feathers it just means that the bird doesn't want you doing that! Most birds are sensitive about those feathers being touched

Dani

janew · Post by **janew** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 4:40 am

kiki had a broken feather and I was adviced to cut it at the break but i didnt want to upset her so i left it and it dropped off when she was on her gym.Saved me being the bad mummy.lol