Baby conure leg fractured, how to care?

[Elveras]

Hello, I need some advice, so my baby parrot leg was fractured 2 weeks ago from today. Her age is 7 weeks old now. I will attached the X-ray photo here. It been 2 weeks, she has been super active inside cage, she will keep jumping/digging the bedding. When attempted to feed, she also kept attempting to flee by using her legs and wanting to fly. Unfortunately when I went to visit vet this morning and taken X-ray. The bone alignment and shifted way too much.

We didn't put water bowl as she will climb inside the water bowl leads to her bandage wet and we tried putting water tube, also same thing, she would climb up because she want to come out, she will dig the bedding, leads to tube being dry. She also eat well on every feed.

The Vet is avian doc, however he gave us two options, either let it heal on it owns but the bone will be stack onto each other or undergo surgery but the vet wouldn't recommend it. He also mention that is up to us if we want to visit back same clinic for bandage change or decided to let her go surgery or we can go to other specialist avian clinic.

Advice on any tips on how to care for fractured leg, in term of the water bowl and how to stop her from being so active or should we seek help from another vet as her condition is getting worse than before?

Xray took 2 weeks ago

Xray took today

Xray took tdy

This is her cage, water tube have been removed, she will keep digging the bedding and cause the water to soak up. At the same time she will also climb up the water tube because she want to come out.

 

[LaManuka]

Hello, I need some advice, so my baby parrot leg was fractured 2 weeks ago from today. Her age is 7 weeks old now. I will attached the X-ray photo here. It been 2 weeks, she has been super active inside cage, she will keep jumping/digging the bedding. When attempted to feed, she also kept attempting to flee by using her legs and wanting to fly. Unfortunately when I went to visit vet this morning and taken X-ray. The bone alignment and shifted way too much.

We didn't put water bowl as she will climb inside the water bowl leads to her bandage wet and we tried putting water tube, also same thing, she would climb up because she want to come out, she will dig the bedding, leads to tube being dry. She also eat well on every feed.

The Vet is avian doc, however he gave us two options, either let it heal on it owns but the bone will be stack onto each other or undergo surgery but the vet wouldn't recommend it. He also mention that is up to us if we want to visit back same clinic for bandage change or decided to let her go surgery or we can go to other specialist avian clinic.

Advice on any tips on how to care for fractured leg, in term of the water bowl and how to stop her from being so active or should we seek help from another vet as her condition is getting worse than before?

Welcome to the forums, @Elveras, but I'm so sorry for the difficult circumstances for you and your conure. I'm not sure what part of the world you're in, or which vet clinic you've attended so far, but we compiled a list of avian vets worldwide a couple of years ago, so if you did want to try another vet for a second opinion, you may find another one here....

Avian Vet Resources

And I wish you and your sweet baby all the very best!

 

[Geslina]

I just went through this with my Amazon, only his fracture was his femur, and very bad, bone snapped completely in half. One vet told me amputation or surgery, the other vet said euthanasia or surgery. The surgery was risky due to his age (but he made it through!) and the cage rest recovery period was long and a lot of work….its been a few months, and we are still on cage rest, though as of last week, the vet is pleased with how the bone is healing and said he can transition back into a cage. Also have to say, total cost, considering surgery, follow up visits and X-rays, and getting a new cage that will be safer for him will total about $10,000.

For Max’s set up, I just put his water in a shallow bowl in a corner. See photo. He tipped it over a few times, especially in the beginning, I think just thinking he could perch on it. He did that with all his food dishes, so I switched to just using small shallow plates. Maybe you could get a bigger enclosure for him, and use towels in the bottom? Then roll up a dish towel and he can use that as a perch. It would be soft and cleaner for him and easier to for you to clean once a day. I bought two very large clear plastic storage containers, that way I can put my bird in one while I clean and set up the other. Also plenty of room for a few toys and the towel perch, and all his food/water.

I know it is expensive, but maybe get a second opinion? After getting the first X-ray and diagnosis at a local avian vet, I did some research, asked around, also asked my vet, who the best avian orthopedic surgeon was in my area, and that is how I chose where Max went. Surgery is expensive, and scary, but what they can do today is amazing. Not sure why your vet said he would not recommend it. Surgery might be the best way to give your bird full and normal use of the fractured leg - though maybe the kind of fracture he has will heal well with a splint/cast and a long period of cage rest. Not sure I would go with doing nothing and seeing if it heals. And what about pain medicine? Did they give you anything for him? Max was on three pain meds, gabapentin, tramadol, and maloxicam. He was taken off the tramadol a few weeks after the surgery, but is still on the other two.