Broken blood feather?

[Shahrn]

So I came home to find my cockatiel with blood under his wing. It's a lighter red color - not too much blood. It looks like he bled for a little bit, and then it stopped on it's own. It's all dried up now, and he's just cleaning the stains. Do I need to do anything? Should I take him to get the feather pulled? I don't know if the feather is still there, if I have to get it pulled, or what?

 

[Lo_]

Do you have an avian vet? If so I would call them and see what they think. I haven't had to deal with a broken blood feather yet, thankfully, so I have no other advice

 

[CeciliaZ]

Tiels are often prone to night frights...I occasionally find some blood on my tiels and a few feathers on the cage floor. As long as they are not bleeding...I leave them alone. In over 20 years of having tiels, I have never had to pull a blood feather.

 

[optimisticStar]

My tiel went through similarly (Broken blood feather - now what? | Avian Avenue Parrot Forum and I freaked out a lot. Also since he doesn't allow me to touch him so I could put some corn starch under his wings to stop bleeding. It's over a couple of months now and he is doing great. If the bleeding has stopped, he should be okay. Just give him some healthy food like veggies/pellets. I gave cilantro, spinach (not a lot) and aloe vera leaf to mine along with some millets spray just to make him happy. Some recommend pulling out the feather, but I didn't do it.