Urgent Opie - two drops of blood

[Kassiani]

When I arrived home from work this evening, I noticed a single drop of blood outside of Opie's cage and another one inside. I let him out of his cage, and the only thing I can see is what looks like a rub on the tip of his keel bone. Since he has no feathers, he can get scraped and bruised easily. Funny thing is, the spot on his keel although a bit swollen doesn't look as though the skin has been broken.

Is there anything else I should be watching for?
Vent looks OK
Beak looks OK
I can't see any blood feathers

 

[Pixiebeak]

Check cage and toys for sharp spots.
Its possible he is moving towards self mutilation. Put a pet camera on him and his cage to check for this while you are away.

Has there been any home disturbance or stress changes?

Hopefully just a bump on something and all fine.

 

[April]

Oh no poor boy. Hopefully it was just a small scrape to oozed a drop or 2 then stopped and all will be well now.

 

[Kassiani]

Check cage and toys for sharp spots.
Its possible he is moving towards self mutilation. Put a pet camera on him and his cage to check for this while you are away.

Has there been any home disturbance or stress changes?

Hopefully just a bump on something and all fine.

He tends to ramp up when he gets hormonal, but hasn't needed his collar since May 2021. I have pet cameras on the birds, but this week and today were very, very busy at work.

I have removed one toy that he has half destroyed--and it now has some poking parts. I didn't see any blood on it, though.

Oh no poor boy. Hopefully it was just a small scrape to oozed a drop or 2 then stopped and all will be well now.

I hope so, too!!

 

[Kassiani]

Oh, and my schedule has been its regularly irregular at the moment.

 

[Mizzely]

Mystery blood is so nerve wracking!

 

[Kassiani]

Mystery blood is so nerve wracking!

That's so true! He seemed fine, and I never saw anything else on him. I hope this will turn out to be a one-off tiny injury!

 

[April]

How's Opie doing today?

 

[Kassiani]

He was acting his normal Opie self I kept a close eye on him today, and I haven’t seen anything else that concerns me.

 

[April]

Phew that's such a relief I'm so glad.

 

[Icey]

Glad to hear Opie is okay
Blood drops are never good news