I have posted in the past about it. its ongoing. I've had her since January when she was a baby at the pet store. I don't have a hatch date though, she's roughly a year old I'd say. So when I got her, she was clipped and her other wing has since grown out full feathers but her right side will not. Yes I catch her chewing on them, she often let's out little squawks while preening that wing as if she's in discomfort but I am not sure if she's doing the damage or if they are growing improper. They sure look ragged. She often has blood feathers growing but they never reach maturity.
She doesn't let the other birds near her lol she's a loner. Has her own cage. It's not a small cage but it's not big either. Her tail feathers have never looked that great, my assumption is they are ragged because of the position she likes to sleep in, on top of a toy almost at the very top of her cage, so her feathers are always up against the bars. she has to bend over to stand, to tell you the truth it looks uncomfortable but that's where she goes when its time for bed. That picture showing her tail is like a month old. at that time they were growing back, one day a few months ago she was startled when I accidently closed my legs on her tail feathers (she was napping on my leg) and she jumped and all her tail feathers were plucked. They have since grown back but they don't look very nice. Her longest middle tail feather is broke in the middle currently. The second picture with the close up of the underside of her wing was taken yesterday. She has seen a vet and she just said they will grow out eventually but I'm skeptical at this point.
no she was never stuck in a tree that wasn't my tiel!
She's otherwise a happy bird. Right now she's on my forearm grinding away with her beak getting ready to nap.
