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Bleeding Wing

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Hi Guys,

 

This is "Orphie", I posted about him ages ago and my sister has had him for quite a while...

 

I have always clipped his wings, but in the last few weeks on and off he has been picking at his left wing and making it slightly bleed.. I pulled out 2 feather pins a week or so ago and all seemed okay, now today he is really biting and pulling on the feathers and making the wing bleed.

 

What can I do? He is in excellent health apart from this left wing....

 

 

 

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Is he going through a molt? Was he flying around and injured that wing?

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HI Elly,

 

He is getting to the end of his moult.....I don't think he has hurt it by crash landing as he has never really tried to fly, I think it's from him biting at it, he is constantly pulling and picking at it.......

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Further inspection today...those big white feather pins seem to be sticking in his side causing irritaion........ What can I do about that?

 

 

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