Hey all,
Quick question. My Budgie, Fay, injured her toe yesterday afternoon ( I don't know how). As she is not tame, I couldnāt get a really good look at it until she went to roost last night (other than to tell it wasnāt broken or anything). It looks like she tore/cracked the nail or nail bed a little bit. The nail isnāt dangling or badly damaged and the rest of her toe appears ( as well as her other toes, foot, leg) totally fine. It seems like her injured toe is tender for landing on it or climbing, but otherwise she is her normal self; eating, drinking, chattering, flying. As I said, sheās not tame so catching her to try and clean it is not an easy task and I donāt want to hurt it worse or stress her out. Has anyone else had to deal with a damaged nail, and do you think I would be taking a risk to let it heal on its own or will it likely be ok? The only other birds Iāve had tear their nails like this are my chickens and they always heal up fine despite walking around in the grass and dirt and scratching in horse poop! Also, Fay is not picking at the injury at all, sheās totally leaving it alone. Thoughts?
Quick question. My Budgie, Fay, injured her toe yesterday afternoon ( I don't know how). As she is not tame, I couldnāt get a really good look at it until she went to roost last night (other than to tell it wasnāt broken or anything). It looks like she tore/cracked the nail or nail bed a little bit. The nail isnāt dangling or badly damaged and the rest of her toe appears ( as well as her other toes, foot, leg) totally fine. It seems like her injured toe is tender for landing on it or climbing, but otherwise she is her normal self; eating, drinking, chattering, flying. As I said, sheās not tame so catching her to try and clean it is not an easy task and I donāt want to hurt it worse or stress her out. Has anyone else had to deal with a damaged nail, and do you think I would be taking a risk to let it heal on its own or will it likely be ok? The only other birds Iāve had tear their nails like this are my chickens and they always heal up fine despite walking around in the grass and dirt and scratching in horse poop! Also, Fay is not picking at the injury at all, sheās totally leaving it alone. Thoughts?