Broken Blood Feathers

Yesterday I decided to give Mali and Zaire a bath in the new house we just moved into. It was a very nice day out and that's the best for drying out the birds after bath time. Mali as usual just sat in the bottom of the sink with her eyes closed and seeming to enjoy the warm water running over her back. Zaire was his usual neurotic self, screaming and fighting the water the whole time. Somewhere in the fight, Zaire broke a blood feather off under the skin. I hate it when this happens, and it seems to happen a lot more with him than with Mali. I can't even remember Mali breaking a blood feather ever. I had some hemostats and reached in the hole the broken feather made and tried pulling the rest of the feather out. I couldn't get it, so I decided to leave it alone. Zaire clots up real good with these things. It's not something that usually worries me. Sooooo, moral of the story is, don't freak out at bath time Zaire!