bleeding flight feather

sunflower · Post by **sunflower** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 4:27 am

my irn has had her wings cliped and they are taking a while for them to grow back but the the feather on the extreme adge of each wing seems to grow super fast and she always gets it caught on the bars of her cage when she is climbing around or when handled.

is there anything i can do to stop these two feathers from bleeding or is this normal with birds ?

she looks like she is in alot of pain and i cant spread her wings because the feather hurts her so much.

any help please.

pinkdevil · Post by **pinkdevil** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 5:12 am

I would get her to a vet as soon as you can to fix the problem. Otherwise infection could set in.

You don't want to see her suffer any longer than she needs to

Amazonite · Post by **Amazonite** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 1:26 pm

i second with pink on that one a vet is your best option

sunflower · Post by **sunflower** » Fri May 09, 2008 2:38 am

i decided to let her(she's a girl for now) grow her flight feathersfully before i decide whether or not to trim them again.

when she had the problem they were still growing back and were very weak, she has not had this problem for some time now.

very happy.

Donna · Post by **Donna** » Fri May 09, 2008 4:56 am

It is not good for the bird to leave broken blood feathers in, these feathers have to be pulled out and your vet will know how to do this.
If she keeps brakeing them it sounds like she is in to small of cage.

Donna