Kiwibird
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- Jul 12, 2012
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- 1 BFA- Kiwi. Hatch circa 98', forever home with us Dec. 08'
If ever you need a 'reminder' to have your jar of styptic in one hand when your nail clippers are in the other, the pictures I got of the carnage after our emergency with Kiwi today should sum it up. I have been clipping Kiwi's talons for years, and only once did I ever draw blood and even then it was one tiny drop that did not even require more than pouring some peroxide over it. Yet, I've always had a jar of styptic, in the medicine cabinet "just in case".
As Kiwi had tore some sizable scrapes into my arms with a few particularly sharp talons recently, I decided I would clip the points off this morning. I clipped UNDER 2mm off the last talon and low and behold, it began bleeding. No big deal, I had a jar of styptic in the medicine cabinet.....Right?..... RIGHT?! Where the BLEEP is that styptic at???!!! After 10 minutes of frantically searching and Kiwi bleeding a significant amount (while merrily DANCING up and down his bloody perch for no good reason), I decided I couldn't wait any longer. I had to drive like a million miles and hour to Petsmart. I think it's normally a 15 minute drive, I was there, got styptic and home in that timeframe. I don't even know if I was coherent with the poor saleslady, just barely uttered "STYPTIC:52:" I was so panicked and scared he was going to die of blood loss before I could get home to him. Poor Kiwi did bleed A LOT. I feel like the *worst* parrot owner ever for this. I just can't imagine where the bottle went that has ALWAYS been there, replaced every December like clockwork so I never have a god-knows how many years old jar. I will NEVER EVER EVER clip him again without physically checking and rechecking that I have styptic out and ready. I failed my bird when I *should* have known better:17: Now he has blood all over his beak, face, back (don't even know how it got there). I just feel awful I fed him some apple and grapes to get his blood sugar up, because he bled quite a bit for such a tiny animal. Thankfully, he has no loss of appetite after his ordeal, and is now resting his little foot. HEED THIS BLOODY MESS AS A WARNING ANYONE WHO CLIPS AT HOME!!!:
Front of his perch
Back of his perch
All over his face and beak
Picture doesn't show it well, but there is blood splattered all over the bathroom sink area
As Kiwi had tore some sizable scrapes into my arms with a few particularly sharp talons recently, I decided I would clip the points off this morning. I clipped UNDER 2mm off the last talon and low and behold, it began bleeding. No big deal, I had a jar of styptic in the medicine cabinet.....Right?..... RIGHT?! Where the BLEEP is that styptic at???!!! After 10 minutes of frantically searching and Kiwi bleeding a significant amount (while merrily DANCING up and down his bloody perch for no good reason), I decided I couldn't wait any longer. I had to drive like a million miles and hour to Petsmart. I think it's normally a 15 minute drive, I was there, got styptic and home in that timeframe. I don't even know if I was coherent with the poor saleslady, just barely uttered "STYPTIC:52:" I was so panicked and scared he was going to die of blood loss before I could get home to him. Poor Kiwi did bleed A LOT. I feel like the *worst* parrot owner ever for this. I just can't imagine where the bottle went that has ALWAYS been there, replaced every December like clockwork so I never have a god-knows how many years old jar. I will NEVER EVER EVER clip him again without physically checking and rechecking that I have styptic out and ready. I failed my bird when I *should* have known better:17: Now he has blood all over his beak, face, back (don't even know how it got there). I just feel awful I fed him some apple and grapes to get his blood sugar up, because he bled quite a bit for such a tiny animal. Thankfully, he has no loss of appetite after his ordeal, and is now resting his little foot. HEED THIS BLOODY MESS AS A WARNING ANYONE WHO CLIPS AT HOME!!!:
Front of his perch
Back of his perch
All over his face and beak
Picture doesn't show it well, but there is blood splattered all over the bathroom sink area