Dried up blood on beak?

[Pilaf]

Echo, my 4 month old cinnamon green cheek had a crop swab last Wednesday. Afterwards his beak bleed a bit. I told the vet and they looked at it, and it turned out he had bitten on the spatula during the crop swab and had a minor booboo on his beak because of it. I just had to keep a eye on him if he kept eating and I had to give him inflammatory meds for 3 days. Echo is doing fine, he's energetic and eating well. But at the spot where he was bleeding it's black. Maybe dried up blood or something. Or a scab. I thought it would go away but it's still there. Does anybody know what it might be? Or should I worry?

 

[clark_conure]

it's probably a scab, it will be a few days, while the flesh underneath heals. I'd give it a few more days, say Monday morning, then maybe schedule a vet visit if it's not any better. Since he's eating and drinking fine. The mouth area should heal the fastest out of any part of any animals body, including humans.

 

[Pilaf]

Thank you. That's a relief

 

[clark_conure]

Just keep an eye on it, a mouth injury can be the most serious, it's why the mouth heals the fastest...survival of the species.

 

[Pilaf]

I'll definitely keep an eye on it.

 

[Scott]

Can you post a photo? Agree it is likely a scab, just watch carefully!

 

[Pilaf]

I just made a photo. I hope you can see it. You can see a bit of black on the edge of his lower beak. The photo is very small.

This coming Friday he has a check up at the vet as well actually. So then they can look at it as well.

http://i.imgur.com/qzTWZ7K.jpg?1

 

[clark_conure]

it will probably be gone by friday, I barely see it