# Blood Feathers & Osy's Face

Well, the night before last I couldn't sleep so I was up until about 6 am. Around 5.30 am the cockatiels all had night fright [ when birds get freaked out at night and start thrashing around the cage. ] Birds have something called blood feathers. Some of the larger feathers in their wings contain b…

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## Sangmort (moderator) · 2008-12-19T22:34:18.000Z
Well, the night before last I couldn't sleep so I was up until about 6 am. Around 5.30 am the cockatiels all had night fright [ when birds get freaked out at night and start thrashing around the cage. ] Birds have something called blood feathers. Some of the larger feathers in their wings contain blood, [ a vein & an artery, I think ] & if one of these feathers breaks at the quill the bird can bleed to death if you don't pull the feather out. [ pulling the feather out stops the bleeding ] Well, I heard the birds flapping around in their cages so I went & examined each of them. Misa was the last one, however, he was still frightened & flapping like crazy so when I opened the door to the cage...WHAM! I got a face full of blood :o He has good aim since he was still two feet from me haha. Well I pulled the broken blood feather out & he was fine, but I've never had a face full of blood before. It dried super quickly & was a pain to clean off. [ it also got into my eyelashes so I was still picking blood out the next morning ] Thought it made for a random anecdote, so I snapped a shot of my face before I washed it. You can't see from the pic but a lot of it was on my right eyelid. & Here's the brat that caused the trouble; [ old video ]~

## tobyshiba · 2008-12-19T22:43:22.000Z
Osy face! ;) lol Poor birdies. Thankfully my birds never had blood feathers, though normally birds pluck the broken feathers on their own.

## sunyata · 2008-12-20T00:00:31.000Z
Yikes! That looks kinda scary. Glad the little bugger is alright, though. :)

## Sangmort (moderator) · 2008-12-20T00:24:54.000Z
The little Brat is fine :) I think he's the one that scared everyonelse in teh first place. He probably sneezed or summat. lol~

## the_november_rain · 2008-12-20T01:12:53.000Z
He is a cute bugger.

## _dlroberts · 2008-12-20T01:56:14.000Z
The look on your face says it all....

## Sangmort (moderator) · 2008-12-20T02:25:37.000Z
lol :) ~

## santuzza · 2008-12-20T03:44:57.000Z
I'm glad your bird is alright and I'm sorry you looked like an extra in a horror film.

## Leonberger (admin) · 2008-12-20T06:13:43.000Z
What a nice way to wake you up, the feathered ones love you :-)

## lindsayt · 2008-12-20T21:05:25.000Z
Looks like a horror movie scene.

## Sangmort (moderator) · 2008-12-21T02:47:23.000Z
Maybe Rui, the brats on my knee right now wanting snuggles. I think he uses me for affection lol You guys keep talking about how it's like a scary movie, are you talking about my face or the blood? :p lol ~

## brandon_w (admin) · 2008-12-22T10:50:24.000Z
I think that's officially the creepiest picture ever posted on the board. Nice work.

## Sangmort (moderator) · 2008-12-22T15:36:28.000Z
lol +1 point for Osy :) ~

## asia · 2008-12-22T17:35:47.000Z
Wow - what a wake up call!

## lindsayt · 2008-12-22T21:30:27.000Z
No, your face is awesome. You have a very Hollywood look in a good way and are a portratists' dream. It's the blood spattering across your wide eyes that lends it a surreal, Steven King sort of look. Definately the creepiest pic ever posted.

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