IRN with blood on his feathers
Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 5:24 pm
Hi All
At the end of our shower, I noticed that Charlie had some blood on some feathers. I called my husband in to take a look and he thinks that it looks like it was coming from a clipped wing. His wings haven't been clipped recently... in fact, he is only one and they it was done by the breeder before we took them home. My husband is thinking that maybe our female bit him and he had a wound and maybe the shower jets started the bleeding? This is all conjecture though, because we haven't seen Janey attacking him or anything. Also, I don't put him under the shower jets. I have him on my hand and he moves over to the jets and puts his body under them. Should I stop him from doing this in the future?
I immediately tried to make an appointment with our avian vet but I found that he has left the vet surgery and has moved to Sydney.... so now there is no local avian vet here. The surgery said that there is a vet that will treat birds but she is not an avian specialist. What should I do? The nearest avian vet would be at least an hour's drive away.
I thought about grabbing Charlie with a towel and inspecting where the wound is but I haven't done that yet because it would traumatise him and it could potentially hurt him if he is wounded.
He seems happy enough in his cage. He is eating and moving around freely. We've put the heating on to keep him warm.
Any advice greatly appreciated.
Ellie.
At the end of our shower, I noticed that Charlie had some blood on some feathers. I called my husband in to take a look and he thinks that it looks like it was coming from a clipped wing. His wings haven't been clipped recently... in fact, he is only one and they it was done by the breeder before we took them home. My husband is thinking that maybe our female bit him and he had a wound and maybe the shower jets started the bleeding? This is all conjecture though, because we haven't seen Janey attacking him or anything. Also, I don't put him under the shower jets. I have him on my hand and he moves over to the jets and puts his body under them. Should I stop him from doing this in the future?
I immediately tried to make an appointment with our avian vet but I found that he has left the vet surgery and has moved to Sydney.... so now there is no local avian vet here. The surgery said that there is a vet that will treat birds but she is not an avian specialist. What should I do? The nearest avian vet would be at least an hour's drive away.
I thought about grabbing Charlie with a towel and inspecting where the wound is but I haven't done that yet because it would traumatise him and it could potentially hurt him if he is wounded.
He seems happy enough in his cage. He is eating and moving around freely. We've put the heating on to keep him warm.
Any advice greatly appreciated.
Ellie.