Originally posted by chrissycat21
Buttons has done that before, too. He normally would just pull them out, but none of them were that large of feathers. Bennie might just pull it out himself.

I would follow what Diana said, she is one of the tiel experts on the board!
We used to breed tiels when I was younger. One of our favorite tiels, a rescue girl named Pancha (she had a missing eye and was loose in our neighborhood for many many years...cockatiels are loose everywhere in California.) lost all of her tail feathers one time. We used to let our tiels free roam the house, and she was on the floor. My younger brother tripped over something and his foot landed right on her tail. She moved and ALL of her feathers came out. Poor girl, she looked just like a chicken!!! She used to hide under the couch and attack our feet when we got close. hehe.