My Green parrot leg got fracture by hitting ceiling fan

Hello
My Green parrot leg got fracture by hitting ceiling fan.. actually am not sure its fracture or somthing elase....but parrot cant walk & parrot not pushing his leg for support 2 days over i put some band aid over it but now it seem like fat nd red on joint area ... also leg from joint to down not strong like free hand but when touching its getting hurt....can you tell me i have to continue the band aid or remove ,,,any other suggestion please reply .....i love my parrot please help.....

No question you need to get your parrot to an avian vet ASAP!!

Vet ASAP! This is not something any of us can help you with - if you were stuck unable to walk and not using your leg, a bandage wouldn't be enough for you either.

If you're comfortable with sharing your general location, our members (we're based all over the world) might be able to help you find an avian vet who can help you.

This definitely sounds like something you'll need to see a vet for, as stated earlier by other members.
If it has swollen, is red and really sore when it is touched it sounds like it could be a fracture.

All correct, above!
Please find an appropriate vet. Your dear bird is in agony, and needs your help immediately!
I'm glad you're reaching out.
Here are vet links...

Certified Avian Vets
https://abvp.com/animal-owners/find-an-abvp-specialist/
If none are near you...
Avian Veterinarians
http://www.aav.org/search/custom.asp?id=1803
In my opinion, any of the vets listed here should be better than a regular vet.

And a good reminder... ceiling fans, open toilets, hot burners, cacti houseplants, open doors and windows, burning candles, sharp objects, electrical wires, and anything that might hurt a bird upon contact... all are extreme hazards for our birds.

Yes, as stated above, you need to get your bird to a certified avian vet as soon as you possibly can. The redness and swelling could indeed indicate a fracture. An untreated fracture could heal badly and forever cripple your bird. It could also become infected and lead eventually to his death. So this is very urgent. You need to act quickly.

We're all hoping the best for your parrot. Please keep us updated.

what's a band-aid gonna do with a broken leg? He needs a vet trained to deal with birds

If you stuck a bandaid all around the legg you might be cutting of his bloodcirculation - not a good idea!


Go to the vet asap before his foot dies and falls off.

Friend, I don't know where in the world you live, but your bird needs emergency Veterinary treatment immediately, so you need to find your closest Avian Specialist Veterinarian and get your bird to them as soon as possible. If you have to drive hours and hours one-way, then that's what you're going to have to do.

We can help you find the closest Avian Vet to you...Where is it that you live friend?

***Here is what you need to understand: First of all, putting "Band-Aids" on your bird's leg is only necessary if there are exterior wounds on his leg...And if there are exterior wounds/bleeding on the outside of his leg, they are the very least of his problem.

Your bird is in a huge, massive amount of pain, and he has been for the last 2 days since this happened. Fractures are horribly painful, and the leg bones are the largest bones in their bodies, so the pain is very, very great...YOUR BIRD CAN EASILY DIE JUST FROM THE STRESS OF THE PAIN! Birds cannot handle great stress, I'm sure you know that, and the horrible pain that he's in could alone kill him. So he needs to get prescription opiate pain medications from a Veterinarian, along with a prescription anti-inflammatory and antibiotics.


***Here's the biggest issue with a broken leg: First of all, if you don't get an Avian Veterinarian to properly "set" the fracture, meaning line-up your bird's broken leg bone, and then immobilize the entire leg so that the bone will stay lined-up and will not more, so that it can heal properly, your bird will never be able to walk again or use his leg, nor will he be able to fly again, as his balance will be off, and he will not be able to land...BUT THIS IS STILL NOT THE LARGEST PROBLEM THAT YOUR BIRD IS GOING TO FACE...

***If you don't get your bird to an Avian Vet immediately (he should have already gotten to a vet the minute this happened, so you're way behind getting him help), HE IS MOST-LIKELY GOING TO LOSE HIS ENTIRE LEG, IF NOT HIS LIFE! I don't mean to actually scare you, but really I do, because you obviously don't understand how serious and how life-threatening a fractured leg is without medical treatment...Bones are extremely vascularized, meaning that bones have a very good blood-supply to them and inside of them. So depending on how bad the fracture is and whether or not there are also any exterior wounds around the fractured bone (which I'm guessing there are since you're putting Band-Aids on his leg), YOUR BIRD'S LEG CAN BECOME VERY BADLY INFECTED WITH BACTERIA AND FUNGI, AND THIS WILL CAUSE YOUR BIRD'S LEG TISSUE AROUND THE FRACTURE TO BECOME NECROTIC, WHICH MEANS IT WILL DIE. The infection will start around the fractured bone and then continue to spread outward, until his entire leg is dead and needs to be removed, and very quickly the infection can spread to his blood-stream, which will give him a systemic blood infection, which he will die from. So this is why he must absolutely get to an Avian Vet right away.

Listen, please let us know where it is that you live so that we can find the closest Avian Vet (or any Vet really, if there isn't an Avian Veterinarian close to you then you need to find an Exotic Vet or a Poultry Vet, etc.)...In the meantime, can you take some photos of your bird's leg and post them so that we can see what we're dealing with? DON'T MOVE YOUR BIRD AROUND AT ALL!!! KEEP HIM STILL, AND DON'T ATTEMPT TO MOVE HIS LEG AROUND! The more you move him the more horrible pain he'll experience, but also the more the bone, if it is fractured, will move around inside of his leg and cause internal bleeding and risk infection.

Keep him warm, keep him still and don't let him move, bring his food and water to him, etc.

Are there exterior wounds/bleeding on the leg? Did the bone come through the skin, can you see the bone? Band-Aids are not the answer my friend, your bird is in very serious condition, and his life is at risk for a number of different reasons. Not to scare you, but I can almost guarantee you that if you don't get your bird to an Avian Vet immediately, like today, he's going to lose his leg at the very least. It's already been over 2 days since this happened and he should have been taken to a Vet the minute it happened, he's in horrible pain, agony, he needs to be treated by a professional. So let us know where you live so we can help you find an Avian Vet, and in the meantime please get your bird set-up in a warm, comfortable place, and don't move him around at all...Has he been eating and drinking since this happened? If not, it's due to the pain he's in, and any infection that has possibly set-in...

Also, please, please, don't EVER have any ceiling fans on when any birds are out of their cages in your house! I'm sure that you've learned this lesson, but sometimes people just don't think about these things, even if their birds have been hit by the ceiling fans before. So please, turn off all of your ceiling fans BEFORE you let any of your birds out of their cages from now on. You're extremely lucky that your bird wasn't killed instantly, that's usually what happens, as the bird usually gets hit in the head or the chest and is killed instantly and is dead before they hit the ground. So you've already been given a miracle just by your bird not being killed by the fan. Now you need to get him the professional medical help that he needs.

I really hope that you're going to be a responsible bird owner and get your bird to a Vet TODAY! He's relying on you to save his life right now, and if nothing else, he really needs to get to a Vet so that he can be relieved of some of the pain that he's been in since this first happened. As someone who has broken both of the bones in their lower leg below the knee, I can tell you that it was easily the worst pain that I've ever felt in my entire 38 years. Bone pain is a special kind of pain, it's different than any other pain, and it's just constant agony until the broken bone is totally immobilized, "set" or re-aligned properly, and you get some very strong pain medication. And if his leg becomes infected, well, that's a whole other type of pain and agony. Your bird doesn't deserve to have to just lay there after such a serious injury and not be given any proper medical help. It's your responsibility as his owner to get him proper medical care, just like you would your human children...Or yourself for that matter, I guarantee that if you broke your own leg that you'd go to the hospital or the doctor immediately, as you'd be in such great pain that you'd want relief, and you'd also want your leg to be fixed so that you wouldn't lose it and so you'd be able to walk properly again...So your bird deserves the same help...

What everybody else posted! We're always here for your emotional support but your bird needs nothing less than a certified avian vet. (or equivalent)

Please update as you are able!

Oh dear! Please let us know right away that you are taking the poor little guy to a vet!


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Any update on how your bird is doing? Have you gotten him to an Avian Vet? God I hope so, as if you haven't yet gotten him medical help from an experienced Avian Vet at this point, now it's been what 5 or 6 days since this happened, he's not only going to lose his leg and eventually his life, but he's been suffering so badly since this happened to him, I can't even imagine the amount of pain he's been in if his leg is actually broken. I broke both bones in my leg at the same time when I was 16 years-old playing softball, and I got to the hospital within 20 minutes of it happening and got very strong pain meds, and i can still very clearly remember how much that hurt for just that 20 minutes or so before I got the pain medications through an IV. So I can't begin to imagine waiting 5 or 6 days like that...plus his chance of the leg becoming infected at this point is pretty much guaranteed. Poor little guy.

I hope we didn't scare you from coming back here to update us, but we were only trying to let you know just how serious and life-threatening this type of injury is to you bird, as you didn't seem to understand that at all, since 2 days had gone by when you first posted, and all you had done was put "Band-Aids" on his fractured leg. We want to help you, but there is little that anyone can do except for an Avian Vet who can set his broken leg, immobilize it, and give him both strong pain medications and the correct antibiotics...

Please let us know how he is doing, and whether or not you've gotten him to an Avian Vet yet. We can help you find one if you let us know where it is that you live.