My budgie has a blood feather that stopped bleeding. What should I do?

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I recently adopted a male budgerigar and it seems to have a blood feather. However the bleeding stopped long before I noticed it. Charlie was only bleeding minimally and does not pay any attention to the feather, despite it sticking out at an odd angle. There is another tail feather that seems to be cracked, but still intact. The blood seems to have come from that feather. What should I do? (I apologize for the lack of pictures, I do not have any pictures of his tail in JPG or PNG format). Pet's info: Bird | Unknown - Bird | Male | unneutered

Miranda Sadar, DVM, DACZM · Accepted Answer

I am so sorry that this is happening to you and Charlie - blood feathers are very stressful! There are a few options of what to do now that the bleeding has stopped. One option is to just leave them if they are not bothering him. This is especially a good option if Charlie is not a very hand tame bird or gets stressed with human interactions. The reason for this is that if you try to go in and handle him to fix the blood feather, he may re-open it and cause it/them to bleed again. The other option is to try to take him out to bring him to a veterinarian to address the blood feathers. They may be able to cut the portion that is at an odd angle, or they may provide you the option of pulling the blood feathers. When blood feathers are pulled, there is a potential of damaging the feather follicle (where the feathers grows from), and with that it may not grow back normally. I hope that gives you a place to start!

My budgie has a blood feather that stopped bleeding. What should I do?

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