Zara
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I hope all goes well!Thanks. I will be going in an hour, fingers crossed
I hope all goes well!Thanks. I will be going in an hour, fingers crossed
Definitely a NO for euthanising. Even my parents said they wouldn’t allow that.Glad you got some help for dad. As for euthanizing the baby because he has splayed legs...NO! Birds can adapt and even if you can't get those legs to be perfectly normal he will probably learn to get around just fine.
When I first noticed issues with Spee's legs, a few days after I found him, I brought him into my usual "avian" (not certified) vet and the vet recommended euthanizing. I decided to take him to the holistic vet who was treating one of my dogs. He also treated exotics and birds. He disagreed with that recommendation and splinted the leg that was growing upward to redirect the growth. It helped a bit but leg still grew in the wrong position. However, Spee knows nothing other than how his legs functioned (or didn't function) and he survived and has thrived. I am VERY glad I didn't listen to that first vet.
In fact, I went back to that first vet with some birds for a check up and the vet asked me how the baby was doing. Told her my sparrow was doing just fine. She looked surprised. She wasn't asking about the sparrow but my Dusky Conure.
You probably need to continue to work on taping the legs but even if that doesn't work out the baby can still survive. Sending positive thoughts for the little one as well as for the dad.
Oh my goodness, he is sooo adorable. I chose the sponge because apparently it was better?Here's baby Spee with his leg taped/splinted to redirect growth.
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Hard for me to believe that was 12 years ago.Oh my goodness, he is sooo adorable. I chose the sponge because apparently it was better?
I looked at many websites and most encouraged sponges. I used taping before when he/she was 1-2 weeks but only her/his right leg corrected itself and she/he was always flat on the ground with her legs behind instead of under, pretty much like the picture of Spee. Yesterday we used the sponge and this time it hurt her less and she could stand properly, with her feet under her.Hard for me to believe that was 12 years ago.
Have never dealt with splaying. Hope that the sponge is effective. Did you look at this website? Splayed Leg Prevention And Treatment They do use taping instead of the sponge.
Aww, your cockatoo sounds so cute! I just love them. I tied them from a young age but that didn’t work so I am now using a sponge. I couldn’t tape mine because I had nothing good like vet wrap because it would hurt a lot when taking it off and I didn’t want that pain for her.My cockatoo had splay legs. She was tapped and as an adult an average person wouldn't know. She was tapped under a vets care and I was not part of her life yet. When I adopted her she was already recovered but they showed be pictures of her when she was a chick. The tapping started when she was very young. I have no personal experience performing tapping and I am unqualified to offer advice with it. Though there is hope if you start corrective measure when they are still very young.
You can set up a very fun and exciting enclosure that supports her needs.
Is there another vet you can consult who has more experience with splay leg?
It’s fine and thanks for the advice.Taped not tapped. Please excuse that typo oversight
Remove that blue perch.What do you think I should do next?
Okay, I will tell my parents now. I do not think she has any buddies although she does have 2 siblings but I don’t think they are interested in her much since they left the nest.Remove that blue perch.
1. it needs cleaning.
2. it is an abrassive perch. If you want to include a pedi-perch, get a hagen one (they are super cheap, only a couple of quid).
To point out, one of my girls has a close foot, and because the toes all go forwards, the back of her toe/ankles touch the surfaces she sits on. She ended up with red patches, the vet told me it was her weight.
I would seriously consider taking this bird, and maybe a buddy if there is one, and housing them separately in a cage with an adapted environment. Otherwise you will have to adapt the whole aviary.
@Ripshod - any thoughts on gender?
Thanks for telling me her gender it was getting pretty repetitive using “he/she“Looking like a girl to me. I agree with @Zara,get rid of the pedi-perch - it's not going to work with her feet like that and it'll take the skin off her toes.
Great to see her perching though, me and my flock salute you.