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Late update, the discoloration went away and the pigeon was released back into the wild a while ago!

Yes, it’s been there ever since the wound at that location (which was only a shallow scrape) has healed

Good news, the wound has closed up! At first there was a small bump where it used to be, it didn’t feel squishy but it did feel harder than the surrounding skin.Now that his feathers have grown back I can’t find/feel the bump. I am still worried about the bruising on his chest. It hasn’t gone...

There seems to be a lot more healthy tissue in the wound, which is why I’m thinking it bleeds more. I haven’t been doing much debriding and it doesn’t seem to be getting worse. Also, for anyone curious, this pigeon survived getting attacked by a predator in the wild and suffering a huge crop...

Update Chest wound (dead tissue)The black is a scab, not necrotic tissue. The wound has been bleeding a lot more when I try to debride it (which makes me stop early), not sure if that’s a good sign? There does seem to be less dead tissue but the outside wound looks a bit worse (a bit more...

Ok. Thank you for all the help, I really appreciate it!

So since it’s unclear what it is should I not mess with it?

I don’t actually know whether it’s an ingrown feather, I’m referring to the white thing under(?) the skin in the first picture (it wasn’t there before, so I don’t think it’s scarring). The skin around it is also blue, maybe because of bruising?

About a month ago I rescued a pigeon with several wounds. Most of them healed well, but now it looks like he has an ingrown feather? What should I do about this?There used to be a shallow wound in the same area. Also, one of the pigeon’s wounds is still open and healing, it’s a small but deep...