Sherbert.the.Bird
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So to start off, its been a rough couple of months for Miss Sherbert ever since I got her from the shop with a horrible clip job. They ended up cutting most of the feathers on one wing and all the feathers on the other, primary and secondary feathers. This lead to lots of issues with flying and landing safely. In the aftermath, she ended up breaking or twisting the remaining feathers on her tail as well. I noticed Sherbert preening the broken feathers out, as most birds do, but it seems as though she only chews off the broken part leaving the majority of the quill in place. Or so I'm guessing as every broken feather I've found does not seem to have the quill attached. My question is this, should I pluck out the remaining quills to encourage full new feathers to grow or should I leave them and hope for the best? They are not blood feathers and they don't seem to be bothering her. She's currently molting as well. Her head/neck has quite a few pin feathers and I can also see new pin feathers forming on her wings.
PS I do not intend to clip her again after all her feathers have grown in. She has a very large flight cage that I plan on moving her to.
PS I do not intend to clip her again after all her feathers have grown in. She has a very large flight cage that I plan on moving her to.