I have a cockatiel that is just under a year old. His name is Kano.
Just recently, I got another cockatiel, hoping to give Kano a buddy as in recent weeks I haven't been able to be home as often as I'd like to and I didn't want Kano to become lonely.
The new cockatiel is at most 1 month old and seems to be a male. I named him "Boba"
I've been home the last week and have been monitoring their behavior with one another. Now, Kano is a very shy, gentle bird and when introducing him to my boyfriends bird, was very friendly yet shy.
However, with Boba, Kano was frequently flying away and Boba would just kind of sit there. After a couple days, they seemed to have gotten used to each other and even had no problem sharing the same food dish. (Before, Kano was too shy to be around Boba so this was a very happy sign for me)
More days had passed, and Kano showed more signs of being comfortable, so I was finally comfortable leaving them alone. I made plans but when I came home later that day, I saw that Kano's left wing had blood. Kano was on the complete opposite side of Boba in the cage. At first I panicked, cried, and thought everything was my fault; I shouldn't have brought a new bird home. I grabbed a towel and took Boba out of the cage. I checked him and he didn't have a single scratch on him. I then put him into the carrier that I originally used to bring him home.
After checking Boba, I got Kano and he genuinely seemed fine. He definitely did not want me to touch his wing, but he happily stepped up on to my finger and let me give him his head scratches that he loves. Everything about his body-language was saying he was fine but I couldn't get past how bloodied his wing was.
I took Kano to the bathroom, got warm water and some cotton swabs and gently tried to clean up his wing. This was my first time doing this and I may have messed up as he had started bleeding again. (Prior to this wash, he seemed to have stopped bleeding). When we finished up in the bathroom, I grabbed a towel, gently wrapped him up in the towel, and spread his wing out trying to locate the bleed. What I found were 3 blood feathers. 2 of them were already clotted, but the third one seemed to have been struggling. I looked up what I could do and I saw things about using flour or cornstarch to help clot the blood...however, neither of those things do I have in my house.
This was roughly 2 hours ago. Right now, his wing seems to have stopped bleeding and he is seemingly perfectly happy and content. It is 5 AM right now. No stores near me are open at all and the nearest avian vet is 3 hours away.
I didn't take pictures but please, with the information I have given, what can I do? I'm going to go buy flour as soon as a store opens but other than that, I'm lost. Please help me.
Kano is now horrified of the other bird so I can only assume Boba attacked Kano and even if he didn't, I'm too scared to risk it.
Just recently, I got another cockatiel, hoping to give Kano a buddy as in recent weeks I haven't been able to be home as often as I'd like to and I didn't want Kano to become lonely.
The new cockatiel is at most 1 month old and seems to be a male. I named him "Boba"
I've been home the last week and have been monitoring their behavior with one another. Now, Kano is a very shy, gentle bird and when introducing him to my boyfriends bird, was very friendly yet shy.
However, with Boba, Kano was frequently flying away and Boba would just kind of sit there. After a couple days, they seemed to have gotten used to each other and even had no problem sharing the same food dish. (Before, Kano was too shy to be around Boba so this was a very happy sign for me)
More days had passed, and Kano showed more signs of being comfortable, so I was finally comfortable leaving them alone. I made plans but when I came home later that day, I saw that Kano's left wing had blood. Kano was on the complete opposite side of Boba in the cage. At first I panicked, cried, and thought everything was my fault; I shouldn't have brought a new bird home. I grabbed a towel and took Boba out of the cage. I checked him and he didn't have a single scratch on him. I then put him into the carrier that I originally used to bring him home.
After checking Boba, I got Kano and he genuinely seemed fine. He definitely did not want me to touch his wing, but he happily stepped up on to my finger and let me give him his head scratches that he loves. Everything about his body-language was saying he was fine but I couldn't get past how bloodied his wing was.
I took Kano to the bathroom, got warm water and some cotton swabs and gently tried to clean up his wing. This was my first time doing this and I may have messed up as he had started bleeding again. (Prior to this wash, he seemed to have stopped bleeding). When we finished up in the bathroom, I grabbed a towel, gently wrapped him up in the towel, and spread his wing out trying to locate the bleed. What I found were 3 blood feathers. 2 of them were already clotted, but the third one seemed to have been struggling. I looked up what I could do and I saw things about using flour or cornstarch to help clot the blood...however, neither of those things do I have in my house.
This was roughly 2 hours ago. Right now, his wing seems to have stopped bleeding and he is seemingly perfectly happy and content. It is 5 AM right now. No stores near me are open at all and the nearest avian vet is 3 hours away.
I didn't take pictures but please, with the information I have given, what can I do? I'm going to go buy flour as soon as a store opens but other than that, I'm lost. Please help me.
Kano is now horrified of the other bird so I can only assume Boba attacked Kano and even if he didn't, I'm too scared to risk it.
