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Bleeding Cockatiel foot
Question:
My 11yr old son accidentally stepped on our Cockatiel’s foot last night…. bleeding started/stopped. Today it started again…stopped…etc. We found a box, lined it with soft bedding, included food and water and have tried to keep it off its feet. However, the bleeding continues and we don’t know how to stop it. It’s eating ok but I’m worried. We’ll take it to the vet tomorrow……just was wondering if anyone had answers today. Thanks, Heidi
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> My 11yr old son accidentally stepped on our Cockatiel’s foot last night…. > bleeding started/stopped. Today it started again…stopped…etc. > We found a box, lined it with soft bedding, included food and water and > have tried to keep it off its feet. > However, the bleeding continues and we don’t know how to > stop it. > It’s eating ok but I’m worried. > We’ll take it to the vet tomorrow……just was wondering if anyone had > answers today. > Thanks, > Heidi
By the time you get this message, you’ll probably have gone to the vet already. Just make sure your son makes apologies and ammends (cuddling, cooing, feeding treats, talking to, scratching the head, etc). Accidents do happen but something like this may be taken personally by a bird and break a bond or trust. Gloria
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You may have already been to the vet but I’ve heard that "Kwik Stop" is an excellent coagulant. I just ordered some from a pet shop source and will keep it on hand for just such an emergency. says… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->My 11yr old son accidentally stepped on our Cockatiel’s foot last night…. >bleeding started/stopped. Today it started again…stopped…etc. >We found a box, lined it with soft bedding, included food and water and >have tried to keep it off its feet. >However, the bleeding continues and we don’t know how to >stop it. >It’s eating ok but I’m worried. >We’ll take it to the vet tomorrow……just was wondering if anyone had >answers today. >Thanks, >Heidi
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> By the time you get this message, you’ll probably have gone to the vet > already. Just make sure your son makes apologies and ammends (cuddling, > cooing, feeding treats, talking to, scratching the head, etc). > Accidents do happen but something like this may be taken personally by a > bird and break a bond or trust. > Gloria
For future reference, in addition to gloria’s comments, it’s a good idea to keep a birdie first aid kit in the house, including small splints, cold and warm compresses and syptic powder. Syptic powder stops the bleeding, so it comes in handy for all kinds of things (blood feathers etc…). You can buy it at any pet store, but if something happens and you don’t have any on hand, flour works almost as well (unbleached prefeably). I learned my lesson when Sammy broke a blood feather. I think that I was more traumatized than he was. I ran from house to house with this bleeding , screaming bird clinging to my chest, begging my neighbors for flour. Jess — Reality continues to ruin my life.
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>You may have already been to the vet but I’ve heard that "Kwik Stop" is >an excellent coagulant. I just ordered some from a pet shop source and >will keep it on hand for just such an emergency.
I *think* this stuff really stings flesh wounds, doesn’t it?. I believe it is supposed to be used for nail and beak bleeding. -Michele
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> >You may have already been to the vet but I’ve heard that "Kwik Stop" is >an excellent coagulant. I just ordered some from a pet shop source and >will keep it on hand for just such an emergency. > I *think* this stuff really stings flesh wounds, doesn’t it?. I believe it is > supposed to be used for nail and beak bleeding. > -Michele
It’s also a bad irritant when it gets on skin. Might cause do harm than good. JAMABUDU
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>>You may have already been to the vet but I’ve heard that "Kwik Stop" is >an excellent coagulant. I just ordered some from a pet shop source and >will keep it on hand for just such an emergency. >I *think* this stuff really stings flesh wounds, doesn’t it?. I believe it is >supposed to be used for nail and beak bleeding. >-Michele
Here are my comments: 1)DON’T wait two days to take an injured bird to the vet. This is grossly irresponsible in my opinion. Pet owners need to make sure they have plans AND backup plans should such an emergency happen even in the worst of situations. I have a local vet who has an emergency service, and I also have the name of another avian vet an hour away that has an emergency service who I have visited. I have two other numbers of vets with emergency services who are an hour away who know me and would treat my animals although I’m not a regular patient (for I wrote to ask them if they would). Even on a holiday weekend a responsible owner CAN get care for their injured animal. 2)DON’T use the styptic products intended for nails or beaks. I saw a product in Pet Warehouse that said it was for light wounds, but NEVER use any such product on a puncture or deep flesh wound. The original poster didn’t describe what type of wound this was, but something that continues to bleed could be a fracture with bone coming through the skin. SERIOUS business. 3)Keep the animal warm and quiet with plenty of food and water and get to a vet ASAP. amy — amy young-leith http://ezinfo.ucs.indiana.edu/~alyoung Computer Geek, Department of Psychology 855.5542