Broken beak

lotosha · Jan 27, 2013

We had a trauma this morning. My AG landed bad on a floor and broke a tip of her beak, there was a blood that luckily stopped after few minutes. I spoke to vet, and he told me that there was no need to bring her to the clinic, he also told that she'll be in pain next two days. The poor thing is now sitting on my hand and looking very pitiful. Any advise how I can help her until she gets better?

Blue · Jan 27, 2013

Poor girl, hope she feels better soon!

maybe try to keep her diet as soft as possible so it's not as painful to eat, if she eats pellets try soaking them for her

antoinette · Jan 27, 2013

How scary and unfortunate that must have been, both for you and your bird
Glad you spoke to your vet.

A bird’s beak is very rich in nerve endings, so the pain your bird is feeling is probably the same as you might feel from a very bad toothache. It’s also quite vascular.
Use sterile saline solution (preservative-free contact lens solution is an alternative) to flush out any dirt that might be stuck in the wound. Keep the wound clean, and try to keep it from getting contaminated, otherwise you an infection may set in.
Feed her only soft foods.

Please keep us update.

lotosha · Jan 27, 2013

Blue and Antoinette thanks for answering. I think she is a bit better now and tries to behave normal, even tries to play but that's obviously causes her some pain. Will let her soft food this week...

weco · Jan 27, 2013

You may want to serve her warm oatmeal/porridge, depending on where you live, as well as other soft foods, because until the sensitivity of the nerve endings subsides a bit & be careful that it is not too hot.....something around 90 degrees (F)/32.2(C) or maybe up a couple of degrees should work, she will not want to handle harder foods.

Be prepared to fix soft foods for a couple months or maybe longer, depending on how long it takes the nerve endings to regress.

While her beak will regrow, you may want to speak to your vet about the possible need to reshape it as it grows, and depending on how far back the break was, it will probably be at least a couple of years, or longer.....

lotosha · Jan 27, 2013

weco said:
You may want to serve her warm oatmeal/porridge, depending on where you live, as well as other soft foods, because until the sensitivity of the nerve endings subsides a bit & be careful that it is not too hot.....something around 90 degrees (F)/32.2(C) or maybe up a couple of degrees should work, she will not want to handle harder foods.

Be prepared to fix soft foods for a couple months or maybe longer, depending on how long it takes the nerve endings to regress.

While her beak will regrow, you may want to speak to your vet about the possible need to reshape it as it grows, and depending on how far back the break was, it will probably be at least a couple of years, or longer.....

Thanks for such a helpful answer. Luckily she broke only a small fraction at a very tip of her beak. I was afraid that she would bleed a lot or reopen a wound during the day, but it didn't happen. At the evening she came to sit on me and tried to ruin a button on my shirt, I think it's a good sign

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