Broken/Sprained Toe

Jowelbg · Mar 30, 2014

Sometime overnight, our Caique managed to bend his toe at an angle that a toe is not supposed to bend. We're getting him into the vet tomorrow. Any advice on what to do in the meantime?

Strangely, he's not favoring it. He is extra grumpy, though. Can't say that I blame him.

-Joel

JerseyWendy · Mar 30, 2014

Oh boy, Joel, I'm sorry.

That sure looks painful. I hope the vet can fix him right up. Could he have gotten it caught somewhere?

Please give us an update once he was seen, would you?

I'd try to keep him as calm and quiet as possible (yeah, I know, probably not very likely with a Caique). :32:

Jowelbg · Mar 30, 2014

JerseyWendy said:
... Could he have gotten it caught somewhere...

That's what we were guessing. He has a couple of toys that he hangs from. It looks like he got his toe caught in a link and spun all the way around. Now, to find the culprit!

I've been searching online, it doesn't sound like the vet can do much. He's definitely going to get checked up on tomorrow, but most likely, this is a, "let it heal" thing. :-/

Terry57 · Mar 30, 2014

Bless his heart, I hope he is not in too much pain

It is so hard when we can't fix what's wrong. Good luck at the vets!

Pinkbirdy · Mar 30, 2014

OH NO !! {I hate how this stuff always happens on weekends

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Jowelbg · Mar 30, 2014

Pinkbirdy said:
OH NO !! {I hate how this stuff always happens on weekends ]

For real!! I think Beaker believes he's Evil Knieval on the weekends.

Jowelbg · Mar 31, 2014

Shew! Just a dislocated toe. I took Beaker to the vet, and she had it had it fixed in 5 minutes. I was immensely relieved when she told us we made the right decision not to go to the emergency vet.

Beaker was given some anti-inflammatories. There's one more catch. Since this happened once, the ligaments are loose in his toe. It will probably happen again. The vet said if it becomes a regular thing, she'll teach us how to relocate it.

All in all, this was excellent news. Now, to figure out the stupid toy that caused this...

Thanks for all the well wishes!

-Joel

Allee · Mar 31, 2014

Good news! I'm glad Beaker wasn't hurt too awfully bad.

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Sun conure might have eaten plastic/metal!!

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