My two budgies were flying around my room. Albe always trys to land on slippery metal stuff then falls off but this time a blood feather fell out! I tried to get him back in his cage but this made it worse because he started to fling blood everywhere including all over me. Should I try cornstarch? I am guessing i'll have my hand chewed off by the end of that!

how is he right now?

 

I know if you can't make it stop bleeding you or a vet will have to pull that feather out. I know it sounds terrible but it is the only way to stop the bleeding. You pull out the feather in the direction it is growing. If I am right you use a pair of plyiers.

Very true. The corn starch can stop the bleeding and is a good idea but if there is a part of the feather shaft still left in the budgie's body, it might need to be pulled to prevent it from being knocked and reopened. You'll need a vet to do this for you if you haven't before as doing it wrong could do more damage than help.

 

I would try not to worry too much, just keep a close eye on your budgie. This is a very common thing and your budgie should be just fine after you've taken the proper precautions.

The whole feather did come out. U tried to catch him and put cornstarch on it but only could get it near the spot. Whenever he flies it bleeds so i am trying to leave him alone and not freak him out that much or even injur him more by catching him. The bleeding has stopped exept for when he is flying. But boy that scared me because he flew past me with him newly grown flight feathers and got sprayed acorss my face, i found the feather and the part that im pretty sure isn't supposed to come out on the floor after.

good to hear he is doing better

if it keeps opening though I would book an appointment to have it checked out because you don't want an infection to start.

Yeah, he's obviously got an open wound (or one that keeps reopening) and that's just asking for bacteria to come in and infect it. I would be suspicious about even a small bit of feather shaft being left in there seeing as it continues to bleed when he flies. Either way, your avian vet can take a look, make sure everything is cleaned out and prescribe antibiotics to prevent infection of that area.

 

It's very dangerous for it to keep opening and bleeding this way, that is one of the warning signs you look out for when these things happen. It means a trip to the vet is necessary but I'm sure the avian vet will fix him right up.

Sounds to me that there could be even the tinest piece of feather left, Ive dealt with this a few times and when the whole feather is removed the bleeding almost immediately stops.