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Re: Cockatoo w/injured leg
Posted by Candie on 9/02/07

On 9/02/07, Aunt Bea wrote:
> On 9/02/07, Candie wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I really need some help. I have a two year old Cockatoo.
>> She had a rope swing in her cage. She shredded the rope
>> and had it wrap around her foot. When I got home and
>> untangled her, she had chewed off the tips of her toes. I
>> took her to the vet, which he put a collar around her to
>> keep her from chewing it. She could manover her foot up
>> around the colar and still chew it. I have had it wrapped
>> for three weeks now. She is chewing the wrapping off and
>> now has two of her toes gone. How can I keep her from
>> chewing them. The Vet and I are out of answers.
>>
>
>
> Hi, sorry your bird got injured. At this point I would take
> the collar and all wrapping off the bird. I'm positive he
> will leave the toes alone. Birds loose toes in the wild and
> there are no vets to wrap them up and they do just fine. I
> have bred big birds for many years. I have had a few loose
> toes for various reasons. When you wrap them up you have a
> 50-50 chance that they will leave it alone. Otherwise they
> will chew the toe off. So, if the bleeding is stopped there
> is no reason to wrap the toes. Good luck

Aunt Bea,

Thank you for your advice. I do have one question though. If I
take the wrapping off do you think she will chew the other two
toes off? All four of them were chewed orginally. I believe on
one of the toes that are left she chewed down beneath the
first ring, and the other one almost down to the second ring.

Thank you

Posts on this thread, including this one

• Cockatoo w/injured let, 9/02/07, by Candie.
• Re: Cockatoo w/injured let, 9/02/07, by Aunt Bea.
• Re: Cockatoo w/injured leg, 9/02/07, by Candie.