My Goffin ate Makeup

Hi,

I'll just get to it, I have a goffin that's about 3-4 years old and I let him sit on me while I get ready for work. He usually sleeps, but today he went ninja on me and ate a drop of concealer off of my sponge. I grabbed him and a paper towel and tried to get as much out of his beak as possible, but he did eat some of it. I had to go to work, but I made sure he has plenty of water and food to hopefully flush the makeup out. Will he be okay? Or should I try to leave work early to be with him since I live alone and no one else can check on him for me? When I say a drop, I literally mean a drop. It was about the size of an individual millet seed thingy.

bsm5187 said:

Hi,

I'll just get to it, I have a goffin that's about 3-4 years old and I let him sit on me while I get ready for work. He usually sleeps, but today he went ninja on me and ate a drop of concealer off of my sponge. I grabbed him and a paper towel and tried to get as much out of his beak as possible, but he did eat some of it. I had to go to work, but I made sure he has plenty of water and food to hopefully flush the makeup out. Will he be okay? Or should I try to leave work early to be with him since I live alone and no one else can check on him for me? When I say a drop, I literally mean a drop. It was about the size of an individual millet seed thingy.

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Have to guess, since you did not provide even a tiny idea of what part of this huge world you are in: I will guess that North America gets us somewhat close.

You should contact two groups: One is your local Avian Vet to provide them the information regarding the 'concealer' and may need to quickly get your Goffin to them! Or, if you are not near a City that has such a Vet you will need to contact a Poison Control group to define the course of actions needed.

With in the Amazon Forum and at the very end of the Second Thread (I Love Amazons - ...) is a large segment of Avian First Aid kit on the last page is the following:

Avian Vet and General Information:
• Primary Avian Vet’s phone number(s) and address
• Back-up Vet’s phone number(s) and address
• 24-hour Emergency Animal Hospital phone number(s) and address *Assure that they will treat Avian clients in advance!
• Your Parrots’ Diary and Medical Records File for Weight and Past Health information
• Animal Poison Control: 888-426-4435 - They will charge $65 for the call. They are a 24/7/365 company with Vets on staff at all times. They can tell you what to do at home, what signs to look for. If you need to rush to an Avian Vet, they will provide instructions to give them about what exactly is going on with your Parrot. They only charge once per case, so you or your Avian Vet can call them multiple times and will only be charged once. Ensure That You Write Down The Case Number!
• When traveling, create a list of Vets /Clinics, with addresses and phone numbers along the route and in the area(s) that you will be staying.

I understand what it is like to not have an Avian Vet available and on-hand 24/7. So, I asked for training by my Avian Vet to administer First Aid, targeting how to do a few important things like: Examinations - checking for breaks in wings “know the wing’s condition by how it is being held” is it broken, damaged /broken keel bone and flight muscle tone. Then how to crop tube feed and/or syringing fluids, especially true if your Avian Vet gives you oral medications. Once you had been trained, your Avian Vet ‘may’ prescribe saline solution, syringes, needles, broad-spectrum antibiotic and pain reliever based on your successful training and general needs!

Bandaging is also important to learn just in case the need arises and you have to immobilize a wing, especially if there is a break or even top apply a wing to body bandage if its a fractured coracoid, which can happen from hitting a window.

I wouldn't be too concerned if it was just a tiny drop. Makeup, while obviously not meant to be ingested, also isn't allowed to have deathly toxic things in it due to it's intended use of being applied to the human body around the eyes, nose and mouth. When your avian vets office opens, it might not be a bad idea to see if your work would let you make a quick call to ask the vet their opinion/if you need to leave early to bring your bird in, but I seriously doubt that a very small amount of makeup would be worthy of a vet visit or harmful.

I'm on the same line as Kiwibird. It's such a tiny amount plus it is designed to be non-toxic, the amount of kids that must eat the stuff must be ludicrously high!

Deep breathes, keep an eye on them and give a call to the vet to ask what they think. They'll probably say to observe them to be safe but never hurts to ask the vet. Get ready for a funny looking poop!

What kind of concealer is it? Most products these days are non-toxic and don't have as many harsh chemicals since they are used on our faces. I'm a huge makeup junkie so I may be familiar with the brand/type you are using. You could look up the ingredients online or on the package. I am not too concerned about a small drop.

If you're worried, a call to your Avian Vet to ask about this would also be beneficial. Let us know how your Goffin does!

Please let us know how your baby is doing!

The makeup as described shouldn't be a problem, but always a good idea to inquire!