Hello everyone!
My sun conure has a small pressure sore on his foot, which I have dealt with once before, at which time I apply coconut oil on his foot until it goes away, and have changed the perches to be rope perches and/or covered them in vet wrap! This time around I can no longer use vet wrap and rope perches because he always regurgitates (lovingly lol) on them and eats it back up, usually ripping it up in the process and making it a hazard!
He only uses all natural wood perches, all varying in size so I'm surprised he even has a small pressure sore to begin with! I'm guessing he has been occupying one of his perches more often than the others while I am working. He also got a new nighttime cage, which the bars run horizontal rather than vertical (his daytime cage has them vertical) so it might be that as well?
The perches are usually cleaned by scraping off any food leftovers, then I srub the surface with a vinegar water solution and a paper towel.
For someone who cannot use rope perches and vetwrap, is the solution simply a matter of rotating the perch with a different perch every other day?
My sun conure has a small pressure sore on his foot, which I have dealt with once before, at which time I apply coconut oil on his foot until it goes away, and have changed the perches to be rope perches and/or covered them in vet wrap! This time around I can no longer use vet wrap and rope perches because he always regurgitates (lovingly lol) on them and eats it back up, usually ripping it up in the process and making it a hazard!
He only uses all natural wood perches, all varying in size so I'm surprised he even has a small pressure sore to begin with! I'm guessing he has been occupying one of his perches more often than the others while I am working. He also got a new nighttime cage, which the bars run horizontal rather than vertical (his daytime cage has them vertical) so it might be that as well?
The perches are usually cleaned by scraping off any food leftovers, then I srub the surface with a vinegar water solution and a paper towel.
For someone who cannot use rope perches and vetwrap, is the solution simply a matter of rotating the perch with a different perch every other day?
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