Crooked feather - is this OK to leave alone?

[Vamppire]

Hi all! This happened last night during a night fright. (see pic) He tried to grab it with his beak and with his foot - he can't reach with the foot, he can with the beak but nothing came from it. He wasn't too thrilled last night but seems OK today. Will this sort itself out? Do I need to be worried?

 

Thanks!

[danmcq]

Poor baby, getting frightened at night is traumatic. Yes, birds are the masters of feather care. He will starighten this out on his own in his own timing.

[Dave007]

This is a common thing thing that happens to parrots. The best thing is to leave it alone. If it was seriously hurting the bird, he would make an extreme effort to pull it out. In most cases, the feather stays in that position for a few days then it either falls out, pulled out, or the bird manages to put it back in place with the rest of the feathers. no matter what, there's nothing to worry about.

[Vamppire]

Thanks so much!

[Ray P]

danmcq and Dave007 are the masters on this forum. They always give the best advice.

[kins2321@yahoo.com]

Sophie knows how much I hate, when she has a feather, that " needs to go!" I will focus on a feather... she will actually " limp"! Kids know how much it drives me crazy! They call her on it, tell her " get rid of it!", she will comply. nancy