Fireworks and Birds - How to pull a broken blood feather

[@vinnyandfriends]

Poor baby she lost a lot of blood....Love how Jingles started talking to her the moment he saw her getting in cage ❤❤❤

[@AlreadyFallenOut3]

My budgie had a blood feather around 2 years ago, i just noticed a red patch of blood on her wing, we watched a few tutorials while searching for the nearest vet to take her, eventually we ended up pulling the feather ourselves. It was such a scary situation but my little birdy is doing perfectly well now! This video would have been so helpful to watch back then, thank you for making this :) love you and your channel so much!

[@wendycottingham8011]

they have such a small amount of blood it can be so scary!! Thank you for the information! Sweet little Jingles!🖤🤍❤

[@shadybadger7896]

God that is so horrifying, so much blood. You're literally a guardian angel to that poor baby. Bless you a million times over.

[@cslife1185]

Aww, Jingles is so loving trying to make sure Willow is ok

[@paulinemercer538]

Happened to me I had no idea what to do had to go to vet . Thanks for sharing this 👍👍👍👍👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@cmaymiya1]

Glad you were able to help poor Willow! It was sweet how it looked like Jingles was asking Willow what had happened. Hope Willow is feeling better now. We've had many budgies over the years and luckily no blood feathers to remove yet.

[@CenturianEagle]

Aww what a good baby, poor thing! Glad you caught that!

[@newsallypurpleyt8609]

I’m glad that she is ok.

[@nice2care]

Great job taking care of that one. I thought this craziness exists only here in the states. Residential neighborhoods become war zones on July, 4. I am bracing myself for what is going to happen tonight.

[@teardropface]

Great job as always Donna in this emergency situation. It did look like it clotted once but was reopened again because of the dried blood all stuck there with Willow trying to preen the area reopening the wound. It is a lot of blood on the bottom of the cage and also on the tail feathers. The blood on the bottom of the cage looked fresh ( bright red - and you caught it just in time). I am amazed at how calm and docile Willow was wrapped with the towel and laying in the sink by herself afterwards. She probably felt instant relief and not a peep out of her. Yes, use the machine to drown out the extra noises. Can you move the cockatiels to the basement assuming it is fully underground to muffle the fireworks even for the week? It was crystal clear on what Jingles was asking over and over again . “ Where did you go?” To Willow “Where did you take her?” To you. Jingles was so so adorable, sweet, caring, and such a gentlemen! I was totally shocked by his sincerity. Where was Monty?

[@Loveofpets]

I was happy that Willow was compliant. She was probably weak due to blood loss. Jingles is being so sweet to Willow. Monty was in another cage as he started to pluck Willows feathers and constantly mate with her. Jingles is more sweet with her at the moment. I cant move them downstairs as it the fireworks are just as loud and their is no room unfortunately. I am hoping it rains tonight so that no one will be lighting of fireworks.

[@Diomedes300]

@@Loveofpets Hi! I thought Willow was tamed, I think I recalled she would step before?

[@kagehikari4281]

@@Diomedes300 She is, but hurt/scared animals mostly dont want to be messed with, even if there tame so its not unusual-especially with a small bird. Why a lot will hide if there hurt if they can.

[@infomatters.]

Her face 😍 when you removed the feather, she looks so relieved.

[@sherrigodbey9244]

You are such a brave lady! Poor Willa!

[@TheLastSecretGarden]

What a great video - this is really useful. Glad you were able to help Willow out just in time, and had the presence to make this helpful video while you were at it. I've never had to deal with blood feathers with my budgies, but I've recently gotten myself a baby cockatiel and need to be prepared for anything with him. Now I know what to look out for. Love Jingles talking at the end. Great birds all around.

[@retalbtaylor370]

Thank you so much! New mommy of 4 budgies here, thanks for the lesson, guess I have to get a Jeni stat now! Much love to you and your babies!❤

[@Neuralatrophy]

Stressed out but probably feels much better ! Did a bit of reading on blood feathers that indicates they can be painful and stressful on their own and they don't heal so even if it does clot and stops bleeding, it will be sensitive and will always pose a risk to the birds life unless removed...

[@nootypenguino]

Poor girl. I hope she is better now

[@joseph7972]

Me: "I hope I don't learn any disturbing bird related facts today" Blood feathers: 🙃

[@MilosAdventure]

So I always leave a fan running in my birds room, I face it away from them, but it creates white noise that diffuses any other sound around. It works great during fireworks

[@Loveofpets]

I am going to leave my air filter on. I usually turn it off at night but will leave it on for the next few days to muffle the fireworks

[@rhondavroman5191]

Awe...those sweet lil faces ! Jingles is so sweet to check on Willow 🤗 I'm not much of a fan of fireworks...yes they are pretty to see..but what a mess all around. My 3 dogs shake tremendously and hide under the bed and the birds get so nervous. I live in Georgia in a big neighborhood... fireworks go off a couple days before and after the 4th of July and for the new year. Its all week 😳 I have ptsd and it bothers me as well, mostly because I know my animals will be scared. I'm glad I got to see how you remove a blood feather.

[@Loveofpets]

Fireworks are so pretty but scare every critter and people especially with ptsd. I wish they were banned.

[@OscarChicken]

One of your old "damaged feather remove" video helped me year ago. I just hate firework, its not necessery, it scared the animals and pollute the air and noise but people just don't care. In India Diwali time they start it from the evening to till midnight. Poor Willow hope you feel better 💖💖🥺

[@joeschneeberger4215]

Just my opinion on the fireworks topic, I am going to be try and play loud rain and thunder music during this weekend in the evenings starting at 8. I use the rain feature every night at a low volume, then I progressively get louder during the week of the forth to try and drown out most of the booms. My favorite channel for the is RIO rain channel. Maybe consider this to help destress your babies.

[@Loveofpets]

That's a great idea!

[@sherrigodbey9244]

You can also find chamomile drops to give pet birds on their seed or in their water and it helps to calm them down and reduce their stress.

[@Loveofpets]

She does have chamomile flowers in her food but she didn't want to eat until she felt better. I will research about giving drops for the next time, thanks

[@Jimmyboygohome]

Thank you for this. Just dealt with my first ever blood feather. Successfully! Because of this video and your other one

[@Loveofpets]

Glad to be of help.

[@ewa0101i]

oww she is so calm and beautiful

[@cslife1185]

So glad shes ok and you were able to get her blood feathers out. My cockatiel had one and i was so scared. I took her to the vet and they got it out for her and caterized the end to stop the bleeding. And these fireworks are really scaring my birds and puppy. Ugh.

[@rescue1046]

So glad to see how patiently you took that off and at the same time relieved to see Willow got rid off that blood feather! And finally when you took her back to the Cage…Jingles too was happy to have her back..and like asking so many questions…what happened? Where were you…?? Informative video for me! Thank you Donna for taking such good care of the birdies🦜😍🥰❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🌹

[@MP-cv5tc]

Love your videos , I always learn something from the way you take care of your babies 🥰❤️ , I hope he gets better soon 💕💕

[@nyxbi809]

Thank you so much for this video. Best video on the topic I could find and it may h save my feathery friends life one day.

[@Loveofpets]

You are so welcome!

[@melanie7596]

Thank you for making this video, you helped a lot of birds today :)

[@janinerusinovich3040]

Aww!!! Hope Shes ok

[@WeAreNotGoingBackEver]

I Hate fireworks! But OMG, Jingles was so cute!

[@isorto5]

the same ting just happened to my female cockatiel she luckily only had one blood feather but it dropped a lot of blood i pulled it out and she is doing great and hope this will be helpful to other people other people the the same situation.

[@JoshDJX]

Aww they were cute at the end! :)

[@ericguan9464]

we are in canada, so I really understand the firework stressing the pets out.

[@barbnbirds]

I was lucky that the feather was almost isolated and came out easily.I think if my birds blood feather was located where Willows was i would have more trouble.iam worried now for the next 3 nights when we have our forth of July holiday.I will definitely put the lights on if its too loud here.i will call the police if they are too close as i used to do when i lived in NY.You did a beautiful job on Willow.

[@Loveofpets]

Good luck. I have kept on the air filter on high for white noise and the last 2 nights went fine. Fireworks are going off each night. I hope it ends soon.

[@4zengrl]

Oh wow! I had no idea! Now I do, thanks to this!

[@retalbtaylor370]

Jingles sounds like she’s saying “ what’d you do?!” Hahaha!!!

[@kirabowie]

Poor lil Willow!! She'll be okay now that the broken feathers are gone.🙂 I remember when my Gilbee broke a blood feather in his wing & I had to pull it out. 😣 He wasn't happy about it, but he did get over it & it was obvious he felt much better after I pulled it. 🙂 It's amazing how much a broken blood feather hurts compared to a fully grown feather. When Gilbee first moved into his larger cage, he was always falling off the ledge & breaking feathers.🥺Thankfully, he only broke that one blood feather as I found it just as painful to pull as he did, having it broken.😔

[@Loveofpets]

Willow should be okay but she still seems weak or stressed. I will keep her in the cage until she feels better. It is heart breaking to see them hurt. Gilbee is a cute name.

[@kirabowie]

@@Loveofpets Awe... Poor lil thing! I wish her a speedy recovery! ❤ It really is! Thanks! It's short for Gilbird.😁

[@amybundrick5015]

Cute and informative video

[@harkra]

well I found this video thinking the same..... nightfright and fireworks we just went thru with his a few minutes ago... luckily little blood loss and the feather completly fell out a night. He is in a lot of pain and we just put tumeric paste on the area the blood feather came from.

[@LakeGael]

We don't have birds because we have cats, but they hate fireworks just the same as I do, the loud noises trigger ptsd symptoms for me. We recently moved up north near Canada and there wasn't a lot of new years noise, so here's to hoping 4th of July is quiet.

[@Loveofpets]

Let's hope it's quiet! I heard that there may be making fireworks that are silent.

[@brytonmassie]

Flour is your best friend.

[@juliaaslattery]

So helpful. Thank u

[@Loveofpets]

You're welcome 😊

[@sherrigodbey9244]

What will you feed Willa now to help restore her lost blood and to regain her strength?

[@Loveofpets]

She just needs rest and she will be okay. She didn't want to eat anything. She was fine after 1 hour.

[@brunab8867]

I agree with you. I hate those fireworks. I feel so badly for the pets and wild animals living outside as well that are so frightened. Poor pets of all kinds suffer.

[@jessicanavratil8096]

I used to have a pair of budgies and when I got them they had poorly clipped the females wings and clipped blood feathers witch kept getting re injured and bleeding and I had to make the desion to pull them out I felt so bad but dident have a choice had to pull 4 of them with my sisters help luckily I haven’t had another one happen but at least I know how just in case

[@-JA-]

❤️

[@LiLi-pu6jt]

Poor dear, fireworks must be forbidden! In the Netherlands there are a few citys where its already forbidden.

[@nitroplayzrobloxandotherga780]

Poor thing, I have two cockatiels and one night I forgot to put the nightlight on for them and I completely forgot about them so 2 hours later I comeback for a blanket and to check on them and there's just pin feathers absolutely everywhere, I didn't think about it that much but I look over to be horrified because there's feathers everywhere and my bird was bleeding. I assume it had happened recently because the blood hadn't dried up yet. So I went and got a paper towel, got my bird on my finger, and wiped the blood away. She stopped bleeding before I even entered the room. Ever since that happened, I've been traumatized that they would get night frights while I'm gone and bleed out on the cage so whenever I leave, there's a source of light next to the cage. So far its never happened as one as im in the room but when I leave, they scream and bite me when I return. Even during the day. However they're both very gentle birds and I've never put them in harms way.

[@haseenashaik6198]

Same happend to my bird today.. bleeding stopped but I didn't remove feature.. is mandatory for pull feature even bleeding stops..??. please suggest me

[@m.a.4500]

poor girl :(( I hate loud noises too. causes distress to animals.

[@JawadKhan-dn8ip]

I have a white yello canary and i clipped its nails to short and i wasnt able to stop the bleeding as she kept struggling and flying away and when i caught her omg she looked like i slaughter her all the blood went over her feather was a nightmare however the bleeding stopped and after a few days she bathed and the blood stain went away

[@Loveofpets]

Blood looks worse on light colored birds for sure. Glad the bleeding stopped.

[@JawadKhan-dn8ip]

@@Loveofpets yep the light colour canary looked like i slaughter her but she was able to clean the blood of

[@bhaveshthakare8456]

my bird isn't bleeding now but still has a Blood feather but she seems fine Is it ok if I don't remove it or should i remove it at home ??

[@Loveofpets]

Hi, if its not bleeding then leave it alone. All new feathers have blood in the shafts until the feathers is fully developed. It becomes a problem if they break and bleed.

[@shirleyoliver9062]

So adorable asking her what she did to get a booboo

[@petswithsimrah7770]

Awww poor bird

[@studybooks3395]

Omg 😮😮😮

[@emilyevans7642]

Poor birdy

[@wiffywiffy7896]

poor sweetie ):

[@keithjohnson3883]

That is not a good idea to use a pair of tweezers. I found the best solution for that is just to rub the pin feathers between your thumb and forefinger Those are new feathers growing out. They're covered with a waxy sheath waiting to drop off as the feathers mature. Your bird will love the close attention of your fingers and it old-fashioned neck scratching behind their ears, and behind their eyes. Your birds will certainly love a good old-fashioned finger rub better than pulling them out with a tweezers.

[@Loveofpets]

I agree that you do that with pin feathers, however when you have to pull a feather your fingers won't work. Did you watch the whole video? I had to actually pull a broken blood feather not massage it.

[@keithjohnson3883]

@@Loveofpets You're right I'm so sorry! Somehow KZbin posted my reply on your video, when it was meant for somebody else! You did a great job Dealing with the Scary situation. I know that's the only thing you can do with blood feather with a larger bird. You're so sweet and tender. Keep up the good work sorry about the mistake!! The love and concern of the other bird (mate!) was truly Heart touching.

[@Loveofpets]

No worries, it happens. Sometimes I get comments and the whole video was not watched. Thank you so much.

[@rezaebrahimi523]

Cokie

[@Zacht1980]

I hate fireworks.

[@SephirothWaifu]

I CRINGED! This is why I cannot be a vet! My nerves went bad watching this. I got lucky with my new set of cockatiels! Love them and would martyr myself for their sake. With my first cockatiels whom I had when I was 14 years old this happened a lot. (the last died in 2019 I believe over 20 years old.I lifetime family members whom I still miss SO much. An unbreakable bound. Flour was a remedy-the go-to. All went well. *.* I love birds and even those who are not mine :D

[@ShadowBanned0]

am i the only one have nausea becase of watching its blood loss?