Blood feather!

[Aerski]

Hi, my M2 just recently broke a blood feather. I had noticed it when she was stretching her wing. I am in a dilemma, it is very late at night and no vets or aviaries are open. I applied some styptic power and the bleeding ceased, but I am not sure if overnight she will pick at it and cause it to bleed again. She did seem to try to preen that blood feather when she was in her cage. Should I just pluck it out or wait overnight to take her to a professional?

EDIT: She's fine now, the broken blood feather wasn't that bad so i'll leave it there

 

[ChristaNL]

My CAV does not even pull bloodfeathers every single time - only if the parrot keeps picking at them of bumping them so they will start bleeding again and again.
A lot of the time it is a one-time-only event: the blood will have clotted inside as well - no more bleeding.


my humble opinion: it depends ...

 

[noodles123]

When you say "got a blood feather", do you mean broke? Having blood feathers is normal...breaking them is what can be dangerous. Just wanted to make sure we were on the same page. For a temporary fix, corn starch can help stop the bleeding. All feathers start out as blood feathers

 

[Aerski]

I meant the blood feather broke, oops. I decided to leave it there, it seemed to have clotted up. Thanks!

 

[EllenD]

I would agree, leave it be...BUT, if it starts bleeding again, even a little bit, it probably will need pulled, because sometimes they just don't "heal" correctly or come out correctly on their own, and they can end-up staying there and just bleeding intermittently indefinitely, or if they start bleeding again they can actually "give way" and they can bleed to death...So just keep an eye on it, make sure the clot stays, and if you see any more active-bleeding then take him to your CAV to have it pulled so that it's not a constant and continual issue...