Cockatiel w/ no tail

[Huxtamillion]

I picked up a cockatiel 4 weeks ago. It had no tail feathers and I was told it was because he was too young and they haven't grown in yet. He was in a tiny cage and it looked like two tail feathers had broken off. I figured the cage was so small that his tail kept getting stuck and probably ripped/broke his feathers off. It has now been 4 weeks and I see no new growth from the day we got him. Is it possible that there could be something wrong and he will never grow a tail? I read that blood feathers will appear in 10 days and fully grow out in 8-10 weeks so I figured there would be some growth after 4 weeks. Thank you.

 

[Bobby34231]

Probably no need to worry, if its a young bird it will take longer for those feathers to grow back, unfortunatly its a comman tale(pun intended) when birds are kept in to small of cages, theres nothing you can do to make them grow any faster, so you'll just have to wait patiently as will the bird

 

[Huxtamillion]

Thank you. As for the two feathers that are broken and no longer growing, I assume that they will eventually fall out during the next molt, am I correct?

 

[Bobby34231]

Thank you. As for the two feathers that are broken and no longer growing, I assume that they will eventually fall out during the next molt, am I correct?

Yes thats exactly what will happen, birds don't usually have their first molt till about a year old or so, give or take a couple of months, thats why when you said it was a young bird I suggested that it may take awhile longer than an older bird, when they told you that the bird had no tail feathers because it was young and they hadn't grown in yet wasn't true, it was probably as you suspected that they had broken off from rubbing against the cage or rough handling, in the meantime enjoy your new fid(Fid=feathered kid)