Sprite - bleeding

[Azalea]

Sprite, our Sun Conure, began bleeding this afternoon. She was climbing around my shoulder/neck area, then flapped down to the floor. This was not unusual. I picked her up and put her back on my shoulder. A minute or two later, I felt something wet, then noticed spots of blood on my clothes.

She is currently molting, so we think she broke a feather somehow. We called the breeders who we got her from - they live near us - and they agreed. We held her with a towel for a little while, then put her back in her cage, with a towel spread along the cage floor. Later, when my husband carefully touched the bloody area, it seemed to have mostly coagulated.

She ate some food and chewed on a toy. She said "Sprite" and "Pepper" a few times. (Pepper is one of our Cockatiels.)

[Marianne Marlow]

Poor Sprite, that must have been scary for her (and you)

Glad she's ok.

[criswell]

I'm glad Sprite is OK.

[Azalea]

Here is a picture from this morning. I am going to clean her cage later.

[Loz]

Poor Sprite, she's so gorgeous though!

[ariella]

Sprite is gorgeous! I’m glad the bleeding eased up and she is doing well. Horrible scare to see blood though so I’m sure you must have been worried. Hope the naughty broken feather didn’t hurt you too much Sprite.