Cleaning blood off feathers

Pureblood

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Hey guys, it's me again with a question for my lovebird who is in distress.

I want to know what is the best way to clean off / wash blood from feathers? Or is she going to do it herself when she gets back to being a bit stronger?

We tried water but it doesn't do it as some of the blood is dried, are there any natural things we can add in the water that would help with cleaning it off?

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Regarding her condition we are still putting propolis (as the vet said) on the wound and it looks okay, she's not picking at it as long as we do it twice a day (otherwise she goes for it at night or in the afternoon when there's no one home). Her left side looks bad and featherless and looks greasy from propolis but I'd rather have her look greasy than with fresh blood, so... :p

Anyhow, thanks for the help and the tips! I hope there's a way to clean her off as I know she would feel much better! She's not allowed to bathe on her own because extra moisture on the wound is not really something we want, but if we clean her by ourselves we would dry her off as well.
 

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I would keep it simple and use just plain warm water. Maybe try dabbing it with a wet cotton cloth or cotton wool if you can guarantee there will be no eating it or trying to?
 
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We have a gauze that we put warm water on and then clean her off, but just that small amount of water doesn't water down the dried blood parts so it always stays on. It cleans the wound area and if there's any fresh blood from scabs so that we have a clean area to put the ointment on.
 

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If water isn't taking it off, I would just leave it be. There is no kind of soap or shampoo that is safe for a parrot, especially an injured parrot. If it is bothering her, you can always contact the vet for further advice, but it may end up being she will just molt out the blood crusted feathers soon and grow in new ones. A parrots body is pretty good about quickly ridding itself of feathers that become damaged.
 
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Okay, thank you. She doesn't seem bothered by it, she has lost a lot of feathers so is not flighted anyways now, we will keep cleaning her as much as we can + now the area is a bit greasy from the propolis. But yes, better that she's a bit "dirty" until the wound heals and then things will get sorted. Thank you!
 

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