Parrots nail bit off

[ana_pets]

My parrots nail got stuck in the cage and he bit off his toe nail and now it is covered with blood and inflamed. What can I clean it with?

 

[foxgloveparrot]

You can clean it with bird-safe styptic powder or Kwik Stop. But the best thing you could ever do right now is see a vet.

 

[ana_pets]

You can clean it with bird-safe styptic powder or Kwik Stop. But the best thing you could ever do right now is see a vet.

Yeah I will take him to a vet tonight I'm waiting on my brother to come home. But till then I wanna clean it , I don't have Kwik stop but can I use hydrogen peroxide?

 

[foxgloveparrot]

Yeah I will take him to a vet tonight I'm waiting on my brother to come home. But till then I wanna clean it , I don't have Kwik stop but can I use hydrogen peroxide?

I wouldn't use it. Maybe try rinsing the wound with plain tap water.

 

[Laurasea]

Dilute betadine is tge best stuff ever.

Let him stand in it
Stains but is great at cleaning wound. Make light tea color. Do several times a day till healed.

Poor guy.

 

[Kentuckienne]

Don’t use peroxide, it destroys skin tissue. It shouldn’t be used in human wounds either…I have used it briefly to bubble dirt up from deeper cuts when I was climbing, and then rinse with plain water quickly. I was brought up to use peroxide for cuts and didn’t learn until much later how much damage it could do. The betadine suggestion above is much better.