Ok, I have a little light light blue parrotlet. She is an awesome bird, I regularly take her outside with me on my shoulder or in my hair. Her wings are not clipped, and she never flies away. She's has the coolest attitude and is super friendly. Throughout my childhood I had all sorts of cokatoos, cockatiels, budgies, finches, quail, pheasants, and chickens, but this little bird has been the easiest and friendliest of them all.
Unfortunately, I'm in college and I can't really afford to take her to a vet. Well last night I came home and she seemed to be having difficulty just standing on her perch. I pulled her out and she could not bear any weight on her right foot, and it even seemed like her left foot might be having difficulty too. There is a lot of bruising on her right leg, and now she is curled up in a little nest next to me on her back. Her little heart is going wild and I'm torn over what I should do. I've been through this before with a rose breasted cockatoo, I dealt with an amputation and daily injections for six months until we finally had to put him down.
I just want to be realistic here, she cannot walk at all on either legs, it's bad. I am not really sure if this is fixable, and if it isn't, I cannot go out to a vet and shell out 100 to euthanize her. What would you do in this situation?
Unfortunately, I'm in college and I can't really afford to take her to a vet. Well last night I came home and she seemed to be having difficulty just standing on her perch. I pulled her out and she could not bear any weight on her right foot, and it even seemed like her left foot might be having difficulty too. There is a lot of bruising on her right leg, and now she is curled up in a little nest next to me on her back. Her little heart is going wild and I'm torn over what I should do. I've been through this before with a rose breasted cockatoo, I dealt with an amputation and daily injections for six months until we finally had to put him down.
I just want to be realistic here, she cannot walk at all on either legs, it's bad. I am not really sure if this is fixable, and if it isn't, I cannot go out to a vet and shell out 100 to euthanize her. What would you do in this situation?