Help me mom:
So my darling Dori got hurt today. I am not exactly sure what happened, I went to go feed lunch to the birds and I saw blood on the cage papers, and the wall behind the cage down near the bottom. Of course immediately I was trying to find the source. Just 20 minutes earlier everything was fine. So after careful examination I discovered Dori was bleeding on one of his feet. I hated to but I had to towel him to see the damage. He had broken a nail off to just a tiny nub at the end of his foot. I did not see any other damage and he can still grasp with the foot. So I cleaned it applied quick stop and put pressure on it for a few minutes which stopped the bleeding. I dunno how long he was bleeding it could have been a couple minutes or up to 20 minutes. I am not 100% sure how how he did it. The cage he is in used to belong to my ARN who lived in it for 2 years and Dori has been in it for about 6 months never had an injury before. From what I can see it might be that he got a toe nail caught between where the bottom grate and side of the cage meet, that is where there was a round spot which had about a half teaspoon of blood was, then he must have panicked and climbed up the back cage wall when he broke free because there was blood spatter going that way, there was also a lot of blood on several of the perches. and several large drops on the cage paper below his favorite rope swing. He is eating and drinking, and he will pick up food with the injured foot but when he is perched he is not grasping with that toe, I am sure it is sore poor baby.
So my darling Dori got hurt today. I am not exactly sure what happened, I went to go feed lunch to the birds and I saw blood on the cage papers, and the wall behind the cage down near the bottom. Of course immediately I was trying to find the source. Just 20 minutes earlier everything was fine. So after careful examination I discovered Dori was bleeding on one of his feet. I hated to but I had to towel him to see the damage. He had broken a nail off to just a tiny nub at the end of his foot. I did not see any other damage and he can still grasp with the foot. So I cleaned it applied quick stop and put pressure on it for a few minutes which stopped the bleeding. I dunno how long he was bleeding it could have been a couple minutes or up to 20 minutes. I am not 100% sure how how he did it. The cage he is in used to belong to my ARN who lived in it for 2 years and Dori has been in it for about 6 months never had an injury before. From what I can see it might be that he got a toe nail caught between where the bottom grate and side of the cage meet, that is where there was a round spot which had about a half teaspoon of blood was, then he must have panicked and climbed up the back cage wall when he broke free because there was blood spatter going that way, there was also a lot of blood on several of the perches. and several large drops on the cage paper below his favorite rope swing. He is eating and drinking, and he will pick up food with the injured foot but when he is perched he is not grasping with that toe, I am sure it is sore poor baby.