hello, it's morning here and what's happened was also what woke me up so i apologize if this post sounds completely disjointed.
im not sure how exactly this happened, and of course i couldn't see since the sound of it is what woke me up, but my cockatiel sunny somehow managed to fall off his perch in his sleep which resulted in some injuries.
what i can see outright is what i suspect to be a broken blood feather since i did find a plucked pin with some fresh blood on it right after, but im unsure if there's anything else. he took a few deep breaths a few minutes after coming back to his normal awake self but at the moment he's breathing fine and he's active as normal, he chirped at me a couple of times so his voice sounds fine, and he even had a little sip of water. poops are normal too. now he's decided to head back to bed since he did have a few more hours of sleep to do.
the bleeding that i was able to see is at this point resolved but what really worries me is the possibility of internal injuries. there's a little droplet of dried blood on the back of his neck, which is thankfully not from any part of the head or neck, but im not sure where it could be from? can the tip of his wing somehow reach that part of his neck?
aside from everything else he's doing these little gasp-like noises every few minutes. it almost sounds like a really quiet hiss. that's the part that really worries me since i don't know what could cause him to make such a noise but i really hope it's nothing physical.
im genuinely at a loss of what else to do aside from watch over him carefully for the next few hours and keep him calm and comfortable. something that scares me is that i have to leave for school in about 3 hours so im not sure if he will be okay afterwards. i unfortunately do not have access to an avian vet whatsoever at the moment so i guess whatever happens happens but i wanna do what i can to make it less stressful for my little guy. any opinion on anything helps, especially tips on how to make the cage safer during sleep to prevent things like this happening again.
im not sure how exactly this happened, and of course i couldn't see since the sound of it is what woke me up, but my cockatiel sunny somehow managed to fall off his perch in his sleep which resulted in some injuries.
what i can see outright is what i suspect to be a broken blood feather since i did find a plucked pin with some fresh blood on it right after, but im unsure if there's anything else. he took a few deep breaths a few minutes after coming back to his normal awake self but at the moment he's breathing fine and he's active as normal, he chirped at me a couple of times so his voice sounds fine, and he even had a little sip of water. poops are normal too. now he's decided to head back to bed since he did have a few more hours of sleep to do.
the bleeding that i was able to see is at this point resolved but what really worries me is the possibility of internal injuries. there's a little droplet of dried blood on the back of his neck, which is thankfully not from any part of the head or neck, but im not sure where it could be from? can the tip of his wing somehow reach that part of his neck?
aside from everything else he's doing these little gasp-like noises every few minutes. it almost sounds like a really quiet hiss. that's the part that really worries me since i don't know what could cause him to make such a noise but i really hope it's nothing physical.
im genuinely at a loss of what else to do aside from watch over him carefully for the next few hours and keep him calm and comfortable. something that scares me is that i have to leave for school in about 3 hours so im not sure if he will be okay afterwards. i unfortunately do not have access to an avian vet whatsoever at the moment so i guess whatever happens happens but i wanna do what i can to make it less stressful for my little guy. any opinion on anything helps, especially tips on how to make the cage safer during sleep to prevent things like this happening again.
