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Pet Forum / Birds / Parrots / March 2005Foot injury
Recently aquired a new pair of tiels, and the female of the pair seems to have a foot injury. It actually looks like an old foot injury, as one of her toes from the back part of the foot folds under her foot when standing on a perch as if it had been broken previously and never fixed. My question is, first does anyone know of what kind of method they would use to correct this, or if it can be corrected? My concern is any discomfort or pain to the bird when standing on a perch/climbing. As long is its not causing her pain, I would probably leave it, since I would have to travel quite far to a vet cabable of looking at birds. > Recently aquired a new pair of tiels, and the female of the pair seems to > have a foot injury. It actually looks like an old foot injury, as one of her [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > I would probably leave it, since I would have to travel quite far to a vet > cabable of looking at birds. It sounds like it has 'slip claw'. This can happen when the baby is very young and I understand it is caused by the bird being made to perch on incorrectly sized perches. There is nothing you can do.I doubt it is causing pain but if you are worried, get a vet to look at it.Nobody can offer a cyber diagnosis nor tell you if your bird is in pain or not, only a veterinary examination will do so. If the bird is still young, you MAY be able to help IF it is not congenital (inherited) and if the bird will let you handle her. Gentle therapy is in order if you can do it... Warm bath soaks and/or warm mist sprays and gentle, very gentle massage. Do not use lotions or vaseline on the bird; just plain water. And do this only in the morning. This will help moisturize her feet and legs and soften the tissue to facilitate exercise. Make certain you have different sized perches and swings so that she will get exercise while moving around her cage. A bigger cage is better than a smaller cage, UNLESS your bird has a lot of trouble getting around. Then a smaller cage is better for her. Your observations will tell you soon whether she's in trouble or not. The more exercise she gets, the faster you will see improvement if you see any at all. If the condition is inherited, it is permanent and nothing you do will change it although exercise may improve her ability to move around the cage. nan > If the bird is still young, you MAY be able to help IF it is not > congenital (inherited) and if the bird will let you handle her. Gentle [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > nan Where are these posts coming from? All I get is the Re: and not the beginning. Very strange! >> If the bird is still young, you MAY be able to help IF it is not >> congenital (inherited) and if the bird will let you handle her. Gentle [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > Very strange! You're missing some interesting posts from our new resident expert who has an answer to every post. >>>If the bird is still young, you MAY be able to help IF it is not >>>congenital (inherited) and if the bird will let you handle her. Gentle [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > You're missing some interesting posts from our new resident expert who has > an answer to every post. Excellent! Another "know-it-all"! > Where are these posts coming from? All I get is the Re: and not the > beginning. > > Very strange! Yeah same here..... |
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