all4stvoyager
09-22-2008, 02:27 PM
Ok, from now on I am so OUT on flighted birds! I brought Mister to my petstore to have Renee (a friend that works there) cut his nails. The petstore is really big. Mister flew from the back of the store full force into a window in the front of the store! He got stuck on the floor between a fish tank and wall. He couldn't move, he locked his feet into fists, he wouldn't sit up at all. I burst out bawling while the petsore person felt around his body for anything broken. When she didn't feel anything I took him onto my chest and sat down with him for a minute. He just stayed sprawled out limp. After a few minutes, he started flinching if I moved. Then he started sitting up...after a few more minutes he stood up sort of...
Meanwhile the store lady started calling around to e-vets. I rushed off to the closest avian one (about 5 minutes from me luckily). At that time, Mister was able to climb up my arm to my shoulder. Then vet was able to watch and was pleased that he was able to do that. The vet took him back and examined him. Nothing is broken...the huge scuff/split in his beak didn't go all the way through...no blood in nares, eyes or ears. OMG!!!
So he didn't feel the need to take xrays. They gave pain meds and sent some home with me for the next five days. I was to keep him as still last night as possible and watch for any lethargy (which I wasn't too sure about considering how stressfull he had just had it, and pain meds...) When I put him on his perch to get his invalid area ready, he started slouching his right wing. That freaked me out. He would shake his head like he had water in his ears. I called the vet back, and he told me I could bring him back in. I decided to keep an eye on him. I tried to alter Mister's cage so he could stay in it, but the alterations scared him. I tried to put a perch in the cat carrier that he goes out in...he didn't like that...so he slept on his tree perch all night...and I "slept" on the couch right next to him.
This morning, he seems really good. His wing is right in place, no head shaking. He is sleeping a lot, and in general much quieter than usual. He is eating and drinking though. I am taking him in a little later to our regular vet just for a look/follow up.
With his beak, since it didn't crack all the way through...just in layers sort of...will he eventually rub that off? Or will it grow out? or will it be permenant?
Okay, and about my new baby tiels.. the boy sneezes A LOT. He's foing to the vet with Mister and I to check if I mildly aspirated him, or if he has an infection...I might actually wait to take him in...I'm afraid of having him anywhere near Mister before quarantine time is up...I'm not sure what to do. He isn't having any discharge...it seems to happen the most after feeding, but I don't see any food in his nare.
All prayers and suggestions are greatly welcomed!
Thanks...sorry this is long.
Meanwhile the store lady started calling around to e-vets. I rushed off to the closest avian one (about 5 minutes from me luckily). At that time, Mister was able to climb up my arm to my shoulder. Then vet was able to watch and was pleased that he was able to do that. The vet took him back and examined him. Nothing is broken...the huge scuff/split in his beak didn't go all the way through...no blood in nares, eyes or ears. OMG!!!
So he didn't feel the need to take xrays. They gave pain meds and sent some home with me for the next five days. I was to keep him as still last night as possible and watch for any lethargy (which I wasn't too sure about considering how stressfull he had just had it, and pain meds...) When I put him on his perch to get his invalid area ready, he started slouching his right wing. That freaked me out. He would shake his head like he had water in his ears. I called the vet back, and he told me I could bring him back in. I decided to keep an eye on him. I tried to alter Mister's cage so he could stay in it, but the alterations scared him. I tried to put a perch in the cat carrier that he goes out in...he didn't like that...so he slept on his tree perch all night...and I "slept" on the couch right next to him.
This morning, he seems really good. His wing is right in place, no head shaking. He is sleeping a lot, and in general much quieter than usual. He is eating and drinking though. I am taking him in a little later to our regular vet just for a look/follow up.
With his beak, since it didn't crack all the way through...just in layers sort of...will he eventually rub that off? Or will it grow out? or will it be permenant?
Okay, and about my new baby tiels.. the boy sneezes A LOT. He's foing to the vet with Mister and I to check if I mildly aspirated him, or if he has an infection...I might actually wait to take him in...I'm afraid of having him anywhere near Mister before quarantine time is up...I'm not sure what to do. He isn't having any discharge...it seems to happen the most after feeding, but I don't see any food in his nare.
All prayers and suggestions are greatly welcomed!
Thanks...sorry this is long.