Please HELP ME My busdgies wings are bleeding, I feel really bad for her please please please HELP!?

Question

Okay I just got a new female budgie yesterday at around 4:00. and the guy there clipped his wings and we took her home. I took her out a couple of times and she jumped off the perch that I had her on from like a five feet hight and she did hit the carpet. that night i looked at her left wing and it was red. It had like a red spot starting from the top of her wing from the bottom. and she was holding her wing up by herslef and it was like shaking or it looks like it was vibrating. the temperature in my room is cool, i have central air but its not terriblly cold. Now today I took her out once and she jumped off the perch i was holding her from like 3 feet high and she just hit the carpet. both her wings are now bleeding and I DONT have a vet near me that treats birds...only dogs and cats. And i dont want to take it back because im afraid that they wont care about her and she will end up dying anyways. WHAT DO I DO! PLAESE HELP ME! ASAP! thanks so much for helping i reeeallllyy appriciat

Answer 1

The person who cut her wings may have cut them too short. It's best if you don't take her out because she will try to fly and it will hurt, and then she will become scared. Try to look for power and other parakeet ointments that can help with the bleeding. Other than that, I would check with other sources onlline.

Answer 2

Hmm, maybe you could stop letting it jump off cliffs?

It may not seem like a 3-foot fall is a cliff to you, but to a tiny little creature, it is.

You need to contact a vetrinarian, if its far away you'll have to drive, if you don't? Well, you can always get another bird after this one dies. Maybe you shouldn't have clipped its wings.

Answer 3

This won't be pleasant but birds can only lose about 10% of their blood, and they don't have that much to begin with, so you need to firmly and gently handle her to fix this.

Grasp her gently with her head between your fingers (use your knuckles softly on either side of her face to keep her from biting you) and your palm over her wings.  Don't put pressure on her underside, she needs to expand that to breathe.

Pull out one wing and examine it carefully.  If any feathers are bleeding, grasp them at the base with your hand or pliers and pull them out quickly and smoothly in the direction of their growth.  Apply firm pressure to the hole where you pulled the feather out.  Feather quills do not clot, so if a growing feather (that still has blood supply) has been cut or broken, it has to be pulled out, otherwise it will be an endless cycle of bleeding every time it is knocked against something.

Pull out every feather that has been bleeding, unless there are more than a few in which case she needs veterinary care.  Extend the wings and gently feel the bones for any obvious swelling that would indicate a fracture.  Compare the wings to determine if she's holding one differently than the other which could indicate a clavicle fracture.  You can wrap a broken wing, but for that she really needs veterinary care for the best chance of healing perfectly and being able to fly well.

In the mean time, keep her LOW!  A bird that is used to flying won't adjust right away to having their wings clipped - they don't know they can't fly and will dive bomb every time.  Keep her cage on the ground and sit on the ground when holding her.  When she learns that she can't get any lift, she will stop trying to fly, then you can start holding her up higher.