Broken or dropped?

[Michela Smith]

Ok, so my cockatiel, Alfred, dropped a newer wing feather and I saw that it had blood in the base of it. The end looks as if it was dropped not broken and there is blood nowhere on him. So did he just drop a new feather or is was it broken? Should I worry?

 

[blewin]

If you don't see any blood, on Alfred, and the feather looks intact, he's probably fine. Buddy has a habit of dinging a feather, getting annoyed with it, and eventually yanking it out. It doesn't happen frequently, but it does happen.

 

[Michela Smith]

Ok...whew! thank you so much