Bella has clipped wings so she can't fly but they did a **** job and with her feet she always bangs into things and she knocked a feather loose so it was sticking up! this has happened 3 times so far and all times she's bled what looks like alot I've had it with petie but never this much and I don't have a hospital cage because it's being used for quarantine! I am so worried because it looks like so much blood and her wing also landed on the butter knife when I was cutting up vegies and one of the others pushed her off my shoulder!sorry for the blur in the pix i am just really worried!!I have the left the feather for fear of more blood but its caused nothing but damage!! Confused!! and Worried!! please someone reply im so worried!!

Pull the broken blood feather

 

http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/faqs/i...blood%20feather

 

 

 

and the best way to stop bleeding quickly is white pepper

I don't think we have whit pepper and it is just me at home by myself coz im sick and my mum is at workI'm scared...I don't want her to die!!!!!! please ....I already had a dream she would die!I'm really really scared!!!! I can't do it! I can'tI can't find the feather its to stuck wih bloodWILL SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME!!!I'm in distress!!!WHY IS EVERYBODY IGNORING ME!!!!Don't you care underneath her wing is soaked with blood!!!I can't find the feather to pull it out!!!!!!!!!!!HELLO!!!???

Edited March 25, 200817 yr by Indz♥

Stop panicking...I was elsehwere.

Locate the broken shaft and pull it out by supporting the wing,. Panic is stopping you from thinking clearly. Go to a neighbour and get help to hold the bird, find the feather that is the one and pull the rest of it out. then pour some white pepper on the wound. Borrow the pepper from aneighbour if need be.

Thankyou Kaz!! I am sorry!! I was panicing I will have to wait till my mum gets home because we don't have any white pepper and my neighbours just went back to america and all the others are at work!

thank you for your help! :mellow:

 

Bella is much better now and is chirping and talking to the other birds!

Thankyou Kaz!! I am sorry!! I was panicing I will have to wait till my mum gets home because we don't have any white pepper and my neighbours just went back to america and all the others are at work!

thank you for your help! :mellow:

 

Bella is much better now and is chirping and talking to the other birds!

okay.....in the meantime keep her sperate in a smaller cage so she doesnt knock it and start the bleeding off again. You still have to pull out the broken shaft, so when you can get help to do this...you will have to do it anyway.

Who clipped her and did it wrong ? Seems like they cut too close and a blood feather is involved.

Do you have any flour? That will also stop the bleeding, added with a slight pressure until it clots. Can you hold her? Is she still bleeding? Many times it is not necessary to pull the broken feather if it stops bleeding. If it irritates her later she may pull it out on her own. Can you assess her condition?

Edited March 25, 200817 yr by Rainbow

Hey guys finally spotted the broken feather and pulled it out of the clotted blood all should be well now!!

Thanks all.

 

Her wings were clipped at the pet shop before she was bought and I as not asked if I didn't want them clipped and they must have been done by a trainee or something because the other birds from there (ing clippings) are perfect just enough off so they can fly short distances like a metre

Edited March 25, 200817 yr by Indz♥

Glad to hear all is now well.

 

Well done Kaz

 

Everyone should know what to do in this case. Kaz's advice was spot on.

 

Always pull the broken feather out in the direction that it grows. this stops further damage to the feather follacule. {sp?}

I hope that Dottie and Zeus are not sick!

I just saw them sitting at the bottom of the cage cuddling and pecking and I checked their seed (which i topped up yesterday ) and it was all gone after refilling it they didn't touch but went up o the highest perch and were leaning into eachother and making noises etc. i'm hoping they are just displaying signs of affection!!

♥Indy