Sunshine had a feather on one wing that seemed to have been damaged somehow. It would stick out in a funny way occasionally and he would preen it back into place.

 

This morning the feather was on the bottom of the cage and I noticed it has what appears to be dried blood on the end of it. Is that normal for feathers when they fall out? He seems fine, by the way.

 

Risha

The feather probably wasnt quite ready to drop 'naturally', so I would guess that its been irritating the little thing and he's given it a little tug to rid himself of the irritation. In this case, its quite natural that there may be a little bit of blood on the end, but I certainly wouldnt worry about it at all, not just with one feather. Normally, feathers dont have blood on the end under 'natural casting' circumstances, but a damaged feather, that he's self plucked to stop the irritation, Id say thats fine, and normal.

i agree. it is only if the normal feathers that start to fall out prematurely that you have to watch out for. my budgie peanut has a disease that makes him shed all of his feathers early and most of them still have blood on the end.

 

as its a one off and was an awkward feather anyway he did just pull it out as i would think it would be rather annoying! (Laughing out loud) i know i dodnt like walking around with a bad hair do! :(Laughing out loud):

Good! I figured that was the deal, but I didn't want to ignore it just in case.

 

Thanks!

 

Risha

No problem, a simple nod of agreement can mean a lot if there's a bit of concern.