Even partial, semi-flight, or at the very least, a safe glide to the ground...
Right now José drops like a rock, straight down. His muscles are definitely atrophied from years of being cage bound. He is a rescue in his 20s. This is a permanent injury. His previous owner states that it happened when he “fell inside his cage” one night and “severely injured” his wing, but “didn’t need to see a vet”. This likely happened at least a year ago, if not more.
I’m José’s 4th and final home and the two homes before me took him to a total of 3 avian vets (2 that are boarded) to have it looked at. I was not present but I want to know if anything can be done.
Does anyone has insight or experience with an injury like this? He is not hand tame and I don’t want to put him through the stress of being toweled to examine him, but it appears he’s missing the last 2 or 3 outer flight feathers.
I obviously will take him to see my personal avian vet at some point, but he’s still relatively new to me and I’m working on building trust.
Can new flights be imped onto the little undercoverts there (not positive that’s what they’re called)? I desperately want him to fly, but even if he can’t, I don’t want him to fall and get injured. His fear of falling causes a severe lack of confidence in him.
Right now José drops like a rock, straight down. His muscles are definitely atrophied from years of being cage bound. He is a rescue in his 20s. This is a permanent injury. His previous owner states that it happened when he “fell inside his cage” one night and “severely injured” his wing, but “didn’t need to see a vet”. This likely happened at least a year ago, if not more.
I’m José’s 4th and final home and the two homes before me took him to a total of 3 avian vets (2 that are boarded) to have it looked at. I was not present but I want to know if anything can be done.
Does anyone has insight or experience with an injury like this? He is not hand tame and I don’t want to put him through the stress of being toweled to examine him, but it appears he’s missing the last 2 or 3 outer flight feathers.
I obviously will take him to see my personal avian vet at some point, but he’s still relatively new to me and I’m working on building trust.
Can new flights be imped onto the little undercoverts there (not positive that’s what they’re called)? I desperately want him to fly, but even if he can’t, I don’t want him to fall and get injured. His fear of falling causes a severe lack of confidence in him.