What do I do if my cockatiel has a broken feather?
If you are afraid to pull a broken blood feather, take your bird to an avian vet immediately. If it’s very late at night, a weekend or you too far away from a vet, spread your bird’s wings and apply Kwik Stop, cornstarch or flour with a Q-Tip dipped in water. Apply sterile gauze using pressure until the bleeding stops.
What do you do if your bird has a broken feather?
After you have plucked the blood feather, place a pinch of cornstarch on the affected area to help aid clotting, and use a piece of sterile gauze to apply pressure to the feather follicle until the bleeding has stopped. A new blood feather should start to grow to replace the one that had to be pulled.
Can I cut my birds broken feather?
You ONLY resort to pulling a feather if an actively growing feather is damaged at the shaft, and the bleeding won’t stop. Cutting an existing feather that’s cracked somewhere, right at or slightly above the actual crack, is like cutting your fingernail. The bird won’t feel a thing.
Will my cockatiel tail grow back?
Consider your cockatiel’s health first. It takes extra nutrition to grow in feathers. If you don’t want to pull her feathers or have a concern about her stress level, you can trim the tail feathers so they are even and not dangling, and at the next molt, they’ll grow in whole again.
What causes a cockatiel to lose feathers on its head?
Baldness is an acquired loss of feathers on the head. It is commonly seen in canaries and cockatiels. A hormonal imbalance and genetics are believed to be responsible. Baldness can also be caused by over-preening by a mate. Inactive, undersized and/or diseased follicles are common causes of baldness.
What should I do if my cockatiel breaks its beak?
Alcohol pads for sterilizing. Styptic stick for bleeding beak/nails. Kwik-Stop for broken blood feathers, bleeding beaks/nails and minor skin cuts. Cornstarch to stop other bleeding. Antiseptic cleansing wipes. Topical antibiotic cream. Hydrogen peroxide.
What are the symptoms of egg binding in cockatiels?
Egg Binding-Symptoms, bird sitting on the bottom of the cage floor, rocking back and forth, sitting on tail feathers with her legs spread apart, tail wagging or bobbing, abdominal distention, straining as if trying to lay an egg, labored breathing, lack of droppings, ruffled feathers, limbs may appear bluish white, paralysis of foot, leg.
What kind of first aid do you give a cockatiel?
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