My spouse was cutting our cockatiel Lio’s nails, and cut one too short when he wriggled in his towel burrito. It was bleeding a lot, we put cornstarch on it and it stopped for awhile. The toe got wet though, and started bleeding a lot again. For now it’s stopped, but we’re concerned about him. We also tried cayenne pepper on it, and tried a cayenne-aloe Vera paste but the paste seemed to make it bleed again (moisture?)
I can tell it hurts him a lot and it just makes us feel awful, but he’s also not acting like his normal active crazy self. Sitting quietly and not taking any offered seeds or anything. His toe, chest and cheek have dried blood and look awful but I don’t want to pester to him while it’s healing.
Is this a situation in which you just give him time or should we be concerned about blood loss? Should we take him to the vet for something like this or will they just send us home? First time having this issue...
Thanks for any advice
I can tell it hurts him a lot and it just makes us feel awful, but he’s also not acting like his normal active crazy self. Sitting quietly and not taking any offered seeds or anything. His toe, chest and cheek have dried blood and look awful but I don’t want to pester to him while it’s healing.
Is this a situation in which you just give him time or should we be concerned about blood loss? Should we take him to the vet for something like this or will they just send us home? First time having this issue...
Thanks for any advice