How to heal calluses? Please take a look (picture)

danbrah · Nov 19, 2013

Hello, ever since I adopted my African Grey I have noticed that she has callous, it has at least been there for the couple months I had her; here is a recent picture of today.

When I asked the vet about this, he simply said it was calluses and didn't tell me anything else.

I do have a Safety pumice perch and a cement perch for her however she doesn't stand on these for long. She is usually on dragon wood and manzanita wood.

Does her feet look ok? I have heard of something called bumble feet I think and it sounds very dangerous so I am afraid this can get worse. :/

goalerjones · Nov 19, 2013

Firstly, here is a definition for bumble foot... BirdVeterinarian

Callouses are a reaction to repeated friction to a skin surface. It can also happen in certain cases of fungal infections in humans like athletes foot.

If it truly is a case of callouses, then your avian vet should be able to grind them down with the same kind of dremmel they use for grooming beaks.

DallyTsuka · Nov 20, 2013

if its just callouses, a daily rub of aloe vera (from the plant please, or the 100% natural stuff--NOT the stuff for sunburns for humans...) or pure coconut oil would help, if she'll let you. if you use the coconut oil, dont use a lot, just enough to soothe the foot. too much might make it slippery for her to perch.

Echo · Nov 20, 2013

Doesn't look bad to me at all. As long as you don't see her having pain or anything I don't see a problem.

Birdman666 · Nov 20, 2013

I second the recommendation for aloe...

And I've seen some of the rougher sandpaper/concrete type perches cause these types of friction irritations.

As long as there is no infection you should be fine.

MomtoPercy · Nov 20, 2013

Thanks for starting this thread. I noticed the same thing on Percy's foot today and was just coming to ask what it could be. I have recently replaced one of his perches with a sandpapery one so that must be the culprit. He loooves foot massages so applying aloe shouldn't be a problem.

MonicaMc · Nov 26, 2013

Remove *ALL* hard surfaced perches (pumice, cement, wood...) and replace with cotton rope perches.

This may help tell you if it's a perch related issue or not.

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