Francesca89
Checking out the neighborhood
i feel absolutely terrible! My blue mutation red rump parrot named April has got a very badly broken leg. She's lives in my mixed aviary and I don't know when it happened. But today when I was cleaning and and feeding I noticed she was standing on 1 leg for ages which then made me panic as I know all birds with hook bills will chew off their feet if they get stuck/trapped. So I got the bird net out and caught her which might I add took quite a while she definitely isn't unhealthy, weak or unable to fly!! Once I had a hold of her I could see some string entangled around her foot and the knee joint is visible. Unfortunately the leg from the knee down to the foot is dead and quite dried/shrivelled which makes me feel even worse!!! I hadn't noticed!! How could I not notice before now!? I'm going to take her to the vets but what would you all advise? Amputation or euthanasia? She's a young bird nearly a year old and appears to still be drinking, feeding and can still perch and fly. I feel terrible so please don't send me loads of abuse and tell me I'm a bad bird owner I feel terrible about it as it is!