Urgent Toe Squished in Cage Door???

[haze]

About 5 minutes ago Pepper’s toe was squished in the jamb of his cage door while I was putting him in bed. He screamed loudly when it happened so I immediately opened the door. The toe has a red mark on it now and he is not putting all his weight on it, but he did eat a little bit.
I want to immediately take him to the vet, however last week we moved to a new place that does not have an avian vet for 3 hours. He seems really bothered by it right now but it did only just happen. He is not continuing to scream after it happened.
I am just terrified because I lost a bird due to internal bleeding caused by a toe squishing incident years ago. I’m trying to hold myself together but I feel so awful and afraid. Has anyone had this happen to a bird?? What can I do since I cannot take him to the vet tonight? The toe is not bleeding but has bruising. He puts some weight on it but not all.

 

[haze]

Here is a pic I just took of his injury. It does look like a small patch of skin was scraped off. There is not injury on the other side of the toe.

 

[expressmailtome]

Bump.

 

[Dartman]

I THINK he'll be fine. It looks like a little scrape and nothing looks broken. Keep a close eye on him and make sure he uses it and nothing is actually broken and I think he'll be fine after some healing. If anything starts turning black he has a major issue I'd think and should go in.

 

[Shezbug]

Yes, I have unfortunately squashed one of Burt's toes in the cage door when he was still quite young He made a really horrid noise when it happened and it bruised almost straight away, he was sore for a few days but as nothing was broken he recovered pretty fast.


How is your little one doing today?

 

[haze]

Hello! Thanks for the responses guys. Pepper was just fine the following morning and has shown no signs of discomfort or pain following the accident. I think he must've just gotten a bruise and the small scrape. The scrape is healing up already. I think he is going to be just fine thankfully.