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Postby PapayaTheConure » Mon Jul 25, 2011 4:36 pm

Papaya was playing in her cage today. She fell down and 2 of her tail feathers came out. One is hanging loose and causing her a lot of pain. She went to bed early today. Do I pull the tail feather out? What do I do?

Papaya- :gcc:
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Re: HELP

Postby liz » Mon Jul 25, 2011 5:47 pm

Snip it off so it won't move around and hurt her.
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Re: HELP

Postby PapayaTheConure » Mon Jul 25, 2011 6:27 pm

Thanks! I was so worried for her :o :shock: . Hope it never happens again.

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Re: HELP

Postby parrotlover » Wed Jul 27, 2011 1:59 pm

Will the tail feathers eventually grow back? :shock:
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Re: HELP

Postby liz » Wed Jul 27, 2011 2:19 pm

parrotlover wrote:Will the tail feathers eventually grow back? :shock:



yes
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Re: HELP

Postby parrotlover » Wed Jul 27, 2011 8:44 pm

Ok that's good! :thumbsup:
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