Twisted feather

[laerenielwen]

Hi there,

I'm new here to the forum and just got my first conure about a week ago. I have had experience with other birds like doves and love birds before but wanted something a little different this time.

Any way, on to my question ... It looks like one of my conure's tail feathers is twisted. The only way I can describe it, is that all his other tail feathers are correct but it's like one of the on the side is upside down.

Is this normal? Should I try twisting it back, will he do it himself or should i bring him to the vet? Besides this one feather he is happy and healthy.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[SandyBee]

Leave it, he will take care of it himself. My amazon often gets a feather twisted just before he molts it out.

 

[laerenielwen]

Thanks so much for the advice!

 

[Iago]

Iago has an upside down tail feather just like you mentioned but it isn't colored like the rest of his tail feathers. It is pure yellow. I just left it and he had it for about a year then it fell out and I thought he was done with it. Well a new upside down yellow tail feather grew back in its place so I'm wondering if it might be some kind of mutation. I will try to get a decent picture of it and post it.

 

[MonicaMc]

It could also be a broken tail feather that got twisted. It's perfectly fine to leave it as long as it doesn't bother the bird!