okay so my weekend started pretty bad, as some of you know the RSPCA was called on me.

 

The next day I notice that 3 out of my four birds are going through molt. I get home on Friday to notice that Blue's head is covered in blood. Get him out start to clean him up and discover that he had broken not one but three blood feathers. Call the vet who talks me through removing them. All seems okay, next morning get up and Blue had bleed more overnight, my vet was booked solid so went to the vet down the road from me who gave me blood stop powder and gave Blue a vitiam A shot (Blue bit her for this) and $110 later I leave the vets! (May I add that this would have cost me about $40 at my normal vets)

 

So Blue goes in the quarra cage for the next 24 hours, go out and get my hair done. Come home and Harley is bleeding, yes he has broken two blood feather on his head. So off I go, catch him, pull them put the blood stop powder on his head put him in the quarra cage with Blue and settle in for the night.

 

I get up on Sunday to find Mozzie had overnight broken one of her blood feathers, start the whole process again, went to put her in the quarra cage figured bugger this and put them all back in the normal cage.

 

I get up on Monday (today) and figure that Flame would have hung her self overnight but no she seems fine.

 

I just find it really funny that they all did this, so I changed all their perches around and found one perch has this little nub thing on it and was covered in blood. That perch has been removed and I am hoping that this will be the end of the issue for this cycle of molt anyway!

I think that RSPCA visit seems to have jinxed your birds Things will get better.

 

An old trick to stop bleeding, as advised by show breeders, is to use pepper. I tried it when a chick had been near scalped by its mother and it works...quickly and effectively.

 

Take care....Kaz :nest:

Hope things are settling down hugs

Agh! Poor you.

 

Hope all gets better soon .

I bet they were rubbing their itchy heads on the nub on the perch and broke the blood feathers that way. My guys use any little bumps on perches to rub their itchy heads during moults. I sure hope things start looking up for you over the next few days, doesn't sound like your weekend was much fun at all!

Gesh, when it rain, it pours!

I know I just wanted to hide. Add to this that I got sick on Monday and ended up in bed for the past two days got up yesterday and found two dead birds hanging off my budgie cage. So spent the day yesterday watching them for signs of illness and cleaning everything like mad!

 

I am really hoping that is the end of everything!

Things will start looking up .