Tl;Dr has anyone had a bourke's parrot (or I guess budgie or other small Aussie parrot might be a reasonable comparison) that has lost blood, more than a few minutes of oozing but not enough to go to the vet, and how long was the bird lethargic while recoving blood volume?
My baby boy had an incident a two afternoons ago where I came home to find he he was bleeding from his left foot (don't ask) which was probably very slow oozing for a couple of hours in total). I'm pretty confident he would have lost less than 10% of his weight in blood. He normally weighs about 42g.
I hesitated and decided against going to Emergency that evening because he was well enough to actively go and drink and eat as usual. Hr was also actively preening his blood soaked feathers, and appeared to occasionally nibblr/lick around his injured foot. I managed to get him to dunk his foot into a dish of water to do the briefest of cleans and then into some flour (I didn't have cornflour or styptic on hand). I put him to bed early and made sure he was warm for overnight.
Next morning (yesterday) he was perky and hopped onto my hand as I opened up the cage and flew around as usual. The bleeding had long stopped and everything that was damp and bloody last night was dried and flaking off. I misted his bloody feathers and he obligingly started preening. He weighed just over 40g. He ate a bit of broccoli and a corn kernel and his seed mix. He tired out pretty quickly and went quiet and I put him back in his cage, thinking he can have a sick day in-cage, and I could probably gamble with cancelling my vet appointment. Then he was wasting energy zipping up and down the length of the cage wanting out, so I reluctantly let him, and he flew to rest at a warm high window, one of his usual spots.
I came home to find he was zooming around almost like usual, but after bouts of energy he tired quite quickly. Still ate like usual. I gave him spinach leaves and boiled egg which he ate.
Today (Saturday) I have been spending all day home with him, and he's mostly been normal but lethargic. A few chirps (more than the last couple of days), good appetite, flying from perch to perch and sleeping/napping a lot. I don't know if it's me merely having the hours to watch him, but he's definitely still quite lethargic. He's feathers are nearly all cleared up from preening and light misting yesteray and today. His foot is still a bit blood stained but otherwise does not look like it's in terrible shape or worsening. His poops seem less frequent but otherwise normal.
I feel like the worst is over and he's well on the road to recovery and I suspect he'll be lethargic until his blood supply is fully replenished again. Does anyone have any similar experiences with Bourke's or similar small aussie parrots and blood loss recovery? How long did it take? Anything I can do (other than a vet check) to help him more?
My baby boy had an incident a two afternoons ago where I came home to find he he was bleeding from his left foot (don't ask) which was probably very slow oozing for a couple of hours in total). I'm pretty confident he would have lost less than 10% of his weight in blood. He normally weighs about 42g.
I hesitated and decided against going to Emergency that evening because he was well enough to actively go and drink and eat as usual. Hr was also actively preening his blood soaked feathers, and appeared to occasionally nibblr/lick around his injured foot. I managed to get him to dunk his foot into a dish of water to do the briefest of cleans and then into some flour (I didn't have cornflour or styptic on hand). I put him to bed early and made sure he was warm for overnight.
Next morning (yesterday) he was perky and hopped onto my hand as I opened up the cage and flew around as usual. The bleeding had long stopped and everything that was damp and bloody last night was dried and flaking off. I misted his bloody feathers and he obligingly started preening. He weighed just over 40g. He ate a bit of broccoli and a corn kernel and his seed mix. He tired out pretty quickly and went quiet and I put him back in his cage, thinking he can have a sick day in-cage, and I could probably gamble with cancelling my vet appointment. Then he was wasting energy zipping up and down the length of the cage wanting out, so I reluctantly let him, and he flew to rest at a warm high window, one of his usual spots.
I came home to find he was zooming around almost like usual, but after bouts of energy he tired quite quickly. Still ate like usual. I gave him spinach leaves and boiled egg which he ate.
Today (Saturday) I have been spending all day home with him, and he's mostly been normal but lethargic. A few chirps (more than the last couple of days), good appetite, flying from perch to perch and sleeping/napping a lot. I don't know if it's me merely having the hours to watch him, but he's definitely still quite lethargic. He's feathers are nearly all cleared up from preening and light misting yesteray and today. His foot is still a bit blood stained but otherwise does not look like it's in terrible shape or worsening. His poops seem less frequent but otherwise normal.
I feel like the worst is over and he's well on the road to recovery and I suspect he'll be lethargic until his blood supply is fully replenished again. Does anyone have any similar experiences with Bourke's or similar small aussie parrots and blood loss recovery? How long did it take? Anything I can do (other than a vet check) to help him more?
