zingarette Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Okay, I'm a newbie to Greys... but I've have two other birds. I've never seen this happen, and it's freaking me out. WHAT is UP with this wing feather? Did he start to bite it off? Why does it look like this? What do I need to do? Sorry to sound like a freaked out first-time parent, but I am... He seems fine, but I noticed him biting at it... that's when I realized that it looked weird. Do I need to do something with this? He honestly doesn't appear hurt, or anything, just annoyed at this feather. You'll notice in one of those pictures that his tailfeathers are largely gone too... does he have a plucking problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 It looks out of place is all, this sometimes happens when they play and he will take care of it himself just give him time. Have you actually seen him chew or pluck his tail feathers? He might be going thru a molt right now but keep a close eye out and don't worry too much about it for if you stress out about it then so will he. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janfromboone Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 If Tobie hadn't already gone to bed I'd take a picture. Your bird and my bird are a matched set - Tobie has a feather partially broken off like yours. The feather may be molting or have gotten broken. Like Judy said - stay cool, and let him take care of it. I just had to comment because the feather looks like the same one on the same wing on Tobie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danmcq Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 I ditto Judy and Jan. All Greys and other birds, get feathers out of place in weird directions like that. They take care of them their selves. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zingarette Posted July 8, 2009 Author Share Posted July 8, 2009 Thanks for the thoughts everyone. He actually ended up biting it off. Here's the feather, off of him. That's what his tailfeathers all looked like when he bit them off as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchroedersJen Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 I wouldnt worry about it. Young greys are pretty active, and often break feathers. I can't tell you how many people bring younger greys to the store with 2/3 of their tail feathers missing. Schroeder broke all but 2 of his off when I first brought him home because he was getting used to playing with big boy toys in a big boy cage. That said, wing feathers get broken from time to time too. As long as it isnt bleeding, your grey is fine and will take care of it. If the feather is bleeding, get to a vet. If the feather is not bleeding, but the break is going tooward the follicle, it may cause a problem later, so just snip it off at the break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zingarette Posted July 8, 2009 Author Share Posted July 8, 2009 Thanks Jen. Tim is just like your Schroeder then... he only has two tail feathers left... his poor little tail looks so sad! I don't think it's breaking farther down, I think he snipped it off pretty well. Thanks again for all the thoughts. I'm sure I sound silly.:dry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toni Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Yea perfectly normal. They'll pull it out on their own Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyric Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 You're just a concerned mom, that's all! Don't feel silly about asking questions like this, it may help someone else down the road that has the same issue arise. My Lyric was so clumsy when he was younger that he ended up breaking off ALL his tail feathers! He looked pretty silly for a while until the tail grew back. He had a crash landing several months ago when he got scared and ended up breaking most of the flights off one wing. He still can't fly properly from that incident. Poor Lyric, I think he's just accident prone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zingarette Posted July 9, 2009 Author Share Posted July 9, 2009 I'm so glad to know Tim-ers isn't the only accident prone baby in the world... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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