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Black skin under wing?

tinyfruits

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Hi! I adopted a new gcc (I think American dilute to be specific) recently (Peaches) and I haven't noticed anything wrong with her. She doesn't have any symptoms for any other diseases from what I've observed. However, today when she stretched her wings, I noticed one of them seemed dark. I checked her wing and some of the skin was black. I attached a photo. Should I worry? Does anyone know what this is?
 

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It looks necrotic to me. If it is, it would be very important to get her to a veterinarian soon.
 

tinyfruits

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Hi! Thank you for your reply :) I just wanted to give an update in case anyone ever has a similar problem. We took her to the vet and they said that it is only a bruise. Other than that, she is perfectly healthy! We need to just watch her poops and keep her from trying to use that wing. She may have twisted it or gotten it caught somewhere since she came with her wings clipped. Now we are just waiting for it to heal and for her to re-grow out her wings on the next molt :)
 
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