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sorry this took so long, but we picked him up late afternoon, then had a bite to eat.
so there is good news, and bad news, first the bad news.
Num Num tore his beak from the side of his face, so much so, that there is now dead tissue forming. you could literally pull it away from his face by 1/4"!!
because of the dead tissue surrounding his lower beak, he may eventually loose his beak altogether.
Evan(the vet and surgeon) scrapped away all the dead tissue, and saw no new blood supply to the area, but is hoping it will begin some new growth.
He was quite disappointed in that area, he had hoped for a better outcome.
Num Nums lower beak has now turned colour due to lack of blood flow.
Evan is hopeful that he will grow new tissue but he said it did not look promising at this point.
now for the good news.... Num Num came out of the surgery very well, was pruning himself, and eat millet.
they wired his lower jaw with very fine wire.
according to Evan his jaw aligned perfectly and should heal fairly well.
Num Num is in his own cage, by himself, and immediately started to eat millet.
he is such a trooper.
He climbed the cage with his mangled beak and climbed half way up before perching....that is where he wanted to go.
his feathers under his beak pulled out so easily due to the dead tissue forming, and right now I'm not sure if they will grow back.
we have a re-check in two weeks time, and we'll take it from there.
here is a picture of Num Num:
IMG_3438_zps778adc56.jpg Photo by bmckellar735 | Photobucket
so there is good news, and bad news, first the bad news.
Num Num tore his beak from the side of his face, so much so, that there is now dead tissue forming. you could literally pull it away from his face by 1/4"!!
because of the dead tissue surrounding his lower beak, he may eventually loose his beak altogether.
Evan(the vet and surgeon) scrapped away all the dead tissue, and saw no new blood supply to the area, but is hoping it will begin some new growth.
He was quite disappointed in that area, he had hoped for a better outcome.
Num Nums lower beak has now turned colour due to lack of blood flow.
Evan is hopeful that he will grow new tissue but he said it did not look promising at this point.
now for the good news.... Num Num came out of the surgery very well, was pruning himself, and eat millet.
they wired his lower jaw with very fine wire.
according to Evan his jaw aligned perfectly and should heal fairly well.
Num Num is in his own cage, by himself, and immediately started to eat millet.
he is such a trooper.
He climbed the cage with his mangled beak and climbed half way up before perching....that is where he wanted to go.
his feathers under his beak pulled out so easily due to the dead tissue forming, and right now I'm not sure if they will grow back.
we have a re-check in two weeks time, and we'll take it from there.
here is a picture of Num Num:
IMG_3438_zps778adc56.jpg Photo by bmckellar735 | Photobucket