Urgent would you worry/take your bird to the vet over this (bruise on foot)?

[birdlady91]

this happened about an hour ago. my poor baby Leo was sitting on the open door of his cage when I walked by and accidentally pumped into the door. he got a little smooshed, I didn't see exactly where the door hit him but he flew away very quickly...it happened super fast and when I finally got a close look at his feet I saw that one was slightly bruised. it's not noticeable other than with a phone flashlight. at first he had been standing on/off with that foot raised and also kind of preening that foot with his beak. but now he has been standing on both feet. he didnt scream/make any noise when it happened and his behavior is the same (huge appetite, chirping, beak grindning, taking a bath when I put new water in the cage). would you take your bird to the vet over this? I will take off work and take him to the vet if it seems needed, I just dont want to put him through even more unnecessary trauma bc going to the vet is so stressful for him (and truthfully extremely stressful for me too). I feel sooo bad .

 

[Icey]

Could you post a pic of his leg?

 

[birdlady91]

Could you post a pic of his leg?

sure, here is a pic. he's wet from just having taken a bath so sorry about that! lol.

Not sure if it's super visible in this pic but it's the foot on the right in this photo. I tried taking with flash but it is not coming out right and making both feet look exactly the same.

 

[birdlady91]

Could you post a pic of his leg?

managed to get a good pic w/ flash