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budgies wing bloody from who knows what?

I have 2 budgies, one with un-clipped wings and one still growing out from his last clip. (i dont like their wings clipped) We let them fly around unsupervised but in a closed room that is just for them. Zorro, the one w/clipped wings doesn't go far because of his clipped wings.

Today, we re-arranged their room and upset them quite a bit. They started fighting (not bad just bickering really) but they needed to be seperated. During this seperation and during the 'argument', zorro's wings were not bloody, and did not get pecked at, seeing as he was the aggressor. They had been out of the cage for 20 minutes, when i went to check on him, i noticed red specks on his under wings, and saw that he had alot of red underneath them. It almost looks like a blood feather was broken during a clipping-but he hasnt been clipped. (recently) The bleeding is not dripping, or still bleeding. I was wondering what you think could have happened, and what can I do now that his unde

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Trauma to wing vein can cause a wing vein to break. I have this happen when my birds were clumsy and banged into the wall. You can stop the bleeding by applying some flour or talcum. Of course profuse bleeding requires a vet visit. You did the right thing to seperate the two birds. keep him quiet and warm and he should recover quickly.

  • 1 decade ago

    Maybe a blood feather was pulled out prematurely.

    Hope he feels better!

    Source(s): 10 year parakeet owner
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