When I got Powder last August, the bird store I bought him from had his wings clipped. I didn't think much of it at the time, but after we bonded, I decided that I would let his feathers grow back.
However, when he went through his first molt, he managed to break a blood feather on the tip of his wing. I took him to the vet to have it pulled and fortunately, my vet taught me how to do it. I say fortunately because this continued to happen almost every time his new feathers started coming in.
Although the feathers on his right wing grew back fine, his left side has been problematic. If he didn't break a blood feather, it grew back deformed and fell out after a while.
I thought it was all behind me a couple weeks ago because they had grown back, but then he had a night terror and knocked out his healthy new feathers. While two of them grew back fine, the two outermost feathers grew back twisted and deformed.
It's been an emotional roller coaster and I'm not sure what else to do. I've tried putting him in a smaller cage, I've avoided taking him out when I see new feathers coming in, and I've changed his diet to include more veggies and seeds. Does anyone know what else I could do?
He's a little under a year old and totally healthy in every other way. The rest of his feathers are nice and healthy, he's incredibly active, and he has a very healthy appetite.
However, when he went through his first molt, he managed to break a blood feather on the tip of his wing. I took him to the vet to have it pulled and fortunately, my vet taught me how to do it. I say fortunately because this continued to happen almost every time his new feathers started coming in.
Although the feathers on his right wing grew back fine, his left side has been problematic. If he didn't break a blood feather, it grew back deformed and fell out after a while.
I thought it was all behind me a couple weeks ago because they had grown back, but then he had a night terror and knocked out his healthy new feathers. While two of them grew back fine, the two outermost feathers grew back twisted and deformed.
It's been an emotional roller coaster and I'm not sure what else to do. I've tried putting him in a smaller cage, I've avoided taking him out when I see new feathers coming in, and I've changed his diet to include more veggies and seeds. Does anyone know what else I could do?
He's a little under a year old and totally healthy in every other way. The rest of his feathers are nice and healthy, he's incredibly active, and he has a very healthy appetite.