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Annie

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Casper my tiel has a broken toe...his foot got caught in the toy :(
I made an appointment for tomorrow morning at 10:30.. is there anything I should be doing until the morning? my poor baby.. he must be in pain :(
 

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You can get him in a smaller hosptial cage. Put all his food and perches down low so that he doesn't have to climb up and expend energy plus use the foot and injured toe. It's important to keep him hydrated and warm. If he's injured you don't want him to have to expend energy trying to keep warm.

You can tent his cage on 3 sides and put a heating pad set on low under one half of his cage.

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If you have a Large plastic container or fish tank, you can put him in that with a heating pad wrapped in a large towel and set on low...keep food / water dishes on the bottom and if you want a "perch" for him, roll up a wash cloth and lay it across the floor on top of the towel that wraps the heating pad....this will keep from from TRYING to climb the side of the cage with his injured foot...you can lay another towel across the top of the container to keep the heated air in ....also good to have a thermometer in there with him to give you an idea of what the tempt. is...should be around 85º ...make sure he is drinking liquid....:hug8:
 

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Is he still using that foot? If he is it's not that painful. If he's holding it up and not using it at all then it's hurting. Which toe is it and where on the toe is it broken? Near the end or higher up on the toe?
 

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Thanks. He`s doing ok this morning. He`s still using his front right toe and it looks straighter this morning. perhaps it`s a sprain? not sure. well I`m off to the vet now so I`ll post again soon.
 

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Well good news! the vet trimmed his nails to take a good look and it`s not broken. it`s just sprained and it`ll take him a couple days before it fully recovers. :)
 

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Thats good to hear Annie. So glad it wasnt too serious.
 

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Whew that is good news. Glad to hear he is doing better.
 

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I'm glad he's okay. You did good.

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so glad to hear that Annie....:hug8:
 

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Soo happy to hear his foot is not broken. :hug8:
 

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That's very good news! :D
 
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