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I’m glad the vet visit went well, and I hope she gets better quickly!
She's not limping that much anymore. The scab is still there but he the ver did mess with the scab a little so he said that's why she bled a little. But I'm seeing little ImprovementsI'm glad you took her to the vet. I wish they would stop selling those sand perches. They really are too rough for a little bird's feet. I hope she's better soon.
No its actually healing. The first picture is before and the other one was taken today. Yes he prescribed her gentamicin, and an antibacterial medicine and vetericyn. I got rid of all the bad perches. Ita a bad case of bumble foot but it will heal if I'm being consistent with the medsOh, that looks bad, did he give her an antibiotic? Get rid of those sand perches, if you have them. Use some vet wrap and wrap, thickly all remaining perches, you can get it pretty cheap at Walmart ,also increase her protein, and ask your vet for this, its fabulous, put on twice a day till healed, it's about 30 to 50 dollars a tube, depending upon your vets prices.
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Most birds prefer to sleep on the highest perch in their cage; it makes them feel more secure. Try making the rope perch or a vet wrapped perch the highest one and she'll probably use it more.She was always on that concrete type perch that's supposed keep nails and beak in shape she would even sleep on it. And the only dowel perch in her cage is in her no mess food bowl. There's also a rope perch but she doesnt sleep on it very often.
Those perches aren't bad if they're used correctly. All of our birds have at least 1 cement or pumice perch in or on their cage, but they're never a primary perch. Buzzard's is on the outside of his cage at my arm level. That's where he comes to be picked up or to take a treat. He isn't on there long, just enough to smooth out the sharp points. It's a huge arm saver!Omg this is good to know. I almost got one of those cement perches, and I did consider a sand perch.
Slow healing is better than not healing or getting worse. I'm so glad you took her to the vet. So happy to hear that she's starting to feel better a little better already!I'm a little sad that her feet aren't healing as faster as we thought it would. The vet did say I won't see any results until mid October and complete healing until December.
Sorry, should have used a better word. I meant to say a wrap that's used to cover her wound. We tried to cover her feet today and unfortunately it didn't work. She's very tiny. So I was hoping it there was an alternative to moist wound healingIf you're referring to the vet wrap, it's not for her foot but for perches to make them softer