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Re: my bird fell and he's limping...HELP!
Posted by Jo-Ann on 12/31/06

On 12/30/06, Rebecca wrote:
> On 12/26/06, Rebecca wrote:
>> my jenday conure was climbing on a ladder and it fell on
>> his leg. he's limping and he wont put weight on his
>> foot...but he will hold food with it. the foot that is
>> hurt has a band on it and its his left foot. PLEASE help
>
> ok i took him to the vet they said that it doesent have a
> fracture nothings broken, and they gave me pain medecine.
> But now my conure is sitting at the bottom of the cage and
> fluffing up on the bottom of the cage. so i decided not to
> give him the medecine today. his foot is turning red and it
> gets even more red when i put him back in his cage...so i
> have to hold him all the time on his back or his foot gets
> red...HELP!


Maybe put a layered towel in the cage to give him a "pillow"
to stand on. Just thinking it maight help if he didn't have
to do anything extra such as grip the wire bottom with his
toes.

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• my bird fell and he's limping...HELP!, 12/26/06, by Rebecca.
• Re: my bird fell and he's limping...HELP!, 12/26/06, by Curly.
• Re: my bird fell and he's limping...HELP!, 12/26/06, by Rebecca.
• Re: my bird fell and he's limping...HELP!, 12/26/06, by Tammy.
• Re: my bird fell and he's limping...HELP!, 12/30/06, by GO TO YOUR VET.
• Re: my bird fell and he's limping...HELP!, 12/30/06, by mac.
• Re: my bird fell and he's limping...HELP!, 12/30/06, by Rebecca.
• Re: my bird fell and he's limping...HELP!, 12/30/06, by Rebecca.
• Re: my bird fell and he's limping...HELP!, 12/30/06, by Tammy.
• Re: my bird fell and he's limping...HELP!, 12/30/06, by Tammy.
• Re: my bird fell and he's limping...HELP!, 12/30/06, by mac.
• Re: my bird fell and he's limping...HELP!, 12/30/06, by Debbie.
• Re: my bird fell and he's limping...HELP!, 12/30/06, by me.
• Re: my bird fell and he's limping...HELP!, 12/31/06, by Jo-Ann.
• Re: my bird fell and he's limping...HELP!, 1/05/07, by to the vet poster.
• Re: my bird fell and he's limping...HELP!, 1/13/07, by KittyJ.
• Re: my bird fell and he's limping...HELP!, 1/27/07, by Birdmom.
• Re: my bird fell and he's limping...HELP!, 1/27/07, by Regina.
• Re: my bird fell and he's limping...HELP!, 1/30/07, by Connie.