Small lump and bloodstained feathers around cloaca

[éan]

Hello,
I just noticed that my male cockatiel has a small lump (around the same size as his eye) near his vent and the feathers around his cloaca have a dark orange colour, which makes me believe he has probably been bleeding there. I also noticed that he has been straining to poop, but nothing came out. Otherwise his behaviour is normal right now, climbing, chirping, eating, drinking. Sometimes he's picking his cloaca. I have made an appointment at the vet, but unfortunately it is only tomorrow and I am really worried. There are no specialised avian vets either where I live. Does anyone have any idea what this could most likely be and whether there is anything I need to pay attention to? Any advice would be greatly appreciated

 

[DonnaBudgie]

Is he pooping okay now,?
You should put some clean white paper towels on the bottom of his cage tonight to collect his poops and bring the paper towels to the vet to show them what his poops look like. Maybe he has a cyst, a feather cyst maybe, near his vent that the vet can treat. Maybe it's a pimple (do birds get pimples?).
Good luck. Don't worry too much. If he's acting normal it can't be a big emergency.

 

[éan]

Is he pooping okay now,?
You should put some clean white paper towels on the bottom of his cage tonight to collect his poops and bring the paper towels to the vet to show them what his poops look like. Maybe he has a cyst, a feather cyst maybe, near his vent that the vet can treat. Maybe it's a pimple (do birds get pimples?).
Good luck. Don't worry too much. If he's acting normal it can't be a big emergency.

Hello Donna, thank you so much for your kind reply and the advice! I will do that. He has pooped once now and the dropping was larger than usual, but normal in colour and texture. I do hope it is something benign. My mind immediately went towards a tumour, but you've calmed me down a bit. Hope you have a good day/night