GCC climbing problems

[KiwiDaConure97]

So this morning my GCC and my sister's GCC fought a little, they attempt to preen each other but sometimes hit the wrong spot and end up fighting for a couple seconds. My sister's GCC for some reason has this thing that whenever my GCC and her's fight her GCC goes for my GCC's feet. So this morning my GCC got a pretty bad bite on the foot, and it looks like he's having some trouble perching and climbing from this. I don't know if he's sore or something, is there anything I can do to help him? Thanks for responding, I get very anxious over my bird because I don't want anything to happen to my baby! Thanks .

 

[SailBoat]

Kindly, keep these two Parrots separated!

There are several possibilities regarding your Parrots leg issue(s). The worst would be permanent bone or muscle damage! With luck, just a painful muscle or leg. With the two Parrots separated, your Parrot will likely rest today. When you get home from school check your Parrot to determine if you had been luck and the Parrot is getting around well.

If not: The recommendation would be to take your Parrot to a Certified Avian Vet for an examination.

 

[itzjbean]

I will also second the advice to keep them separated for now. Your baby needs to heal and won't be able to do that with the other bird. If he's tame and allows it, hold him and inspect his leg and foot, is there any blood? Redness? You never know how hard they bite each other but if a cut is left untreated can turn infected. If there's no blood, could just be a hard bite that made him sore. Allow him to rest quietly in his cage for a couple days and monitor his climbing/behavior for any more changes. Should he appear lethargic, sleeping more than usual, falling off perches, etc. then I would call your CAV.

 

[clark_conure]

Going for the feet and legs is a common fight tactic as I've seen. Keep them seperated, make sure the bad bird is put back in the cage and give some TLC and attention to the good bird. (BUT NOT IN FRONT OF YOUR SISTERS BIRD) that could breed more resentment.

If the bite didn't draw blood then he should be ok in a day, if not go see an avian vet.

 

[LordTriggs]

agreed with waiting to see how the little guy is tomorrow, definitely keep them separated for now, if in the future you try again I would be on guard and if they fight at all get in there and separate them before they get too angry. If they do fight again I would be reluctant in letting them out together

 

[dhraiden]

Separate them. Mochi my female GCC has become belligerent and aggressive with our larger male gold-capped Mango. She bit his foot and made it bleed too.

Separate cages. Separate time out. We tried supervised time out together, but she's quick, and Mango's got a growing bald-spot atop his head where feathers have been plucked.

EDIT: I feel like 90% of what I'm posting lately is sourcing solutions, but if it's helpful to actually answering your original question (buried as it was) about what can be done about the injury, please see following:

Cut/Scrapes/bruises etc:

1. Apply Vetericyn Wound & Skin Care Hydrogel to the injury

2. Follow up by spraying with Harrison's Avix Soother Topical Spray HealX

3. Sanitize perches and other areas the foot will contact with F10SC Veterinary Disinfectant

PS: I've also PM'd you the same information above.

(PPS: In concurrent thread about toy-sanitizing, I cautioned about not keeping things "too" clean; let me contextualize my above suggestions versus that seemingly contradictory bit of advice by saying that, with injures, you certainly want those to heal as quickly and cleanly as possible, without risk of infection from exposure to any more bacteria/germs than necessary)