A HUGE thanks to the Forum!!!

Captsteve

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This morning poor silus looked like he was the victim of an ax murder scene in a horror movie.

His tail was stained with dryed blood and there was a nice gob of dried blood at the end of a new tail pin feather. He was no longer bleeding but in his activity I knew it would start again.

I checked the forum and found a thread on pulling the feather. I read it and reread it, then armed with some pliers and corn starch, set to the task!

I put Silus on the floor and kinda toweled him. He thought it was great fun playing hide and seek! I grabbed the offending feather and gently pulled it. To Silus, this was a non-event. He didn't react at all, just kept playing. I put some corn starch on the spot the feather came out of and that was that.

If it wasn't for the instructions on here and especially by MikeyTN, TreeBee would have made me do an Emergency Vet run this morning.

Thank you all !!!! And Silus says thank you too!

Now to get the bird back to white...:white1:
 

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AAAWWWW, poor Silus! Were you nervous at all pulling the feather? Did it come out easily or did you have to pull rather hard?

So happy this had a good outcome. :)

I'm sure a nice cool shower will have Silus looking like new in no time. :)
 
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Wendy,

I was a bit nervous but armed with the info from here it was not bad.

The feather came out pretty easy and did not hurt him a bit, so in all it was a great learning experience.

I'll give him a nice shower in a couple hours, I want to give the folicle some time to close up good.

Getting a bit more confident by the day!!!
 

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well done!!, luckily I have never had to do that.
glad to hear silus is doing better

....and yes, Mikey has helped me out a few times too ;)
 

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That's what we're here for! Thanks to MikeyTN.
 
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Captsteve

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Silus is as happy as ever and none the worse for wear. It was way more stressful for me than him.

He's all showered and clean. Currently napping in the sun drying out.

Thank all you guys for the info to handle the blood bath with a cool head.

All you guys rock!!!
 

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AAAWWWW, poor Silus! Were you nervous at all pulling the feather? Did it come out easily or did you have to pull rather hard?

I have had to pull a few blood feathers over the years, and I was very surprised at how easy they come out! I was expecting to have to pull harder than I actually had to.....
 

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Awwwww...Thanks guys!!!!! I'm glad I can be of assistance and my post can help those in need!

I just want to add to think about bathing in a few days later to give it time to heal. :)
 
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Captsteve

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Thanks Mikey!

I washed him already, Afterwards I relized that Ishould have waited longer but it only oozed a tiny bit and once Silus was dry he cleaned that right up. So all is good.

Next time I will wait a couple of days...
 

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Wow you were so calm!! I worked in ICU with humans no problem. However if I were faced with a broken blood feather on my baby I'd lose it. At least I know where to run for the info quick if I need it. Great job and so so glad your little one is all better and kicking back in the sun.
 

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