Injured Budgie nail

[Jcas]

Hey all,
Quick question. My Budgie, Fay, injured her toe yesterday afternoon ( I don't know how). As she is not tame, I couldn’t get a really good look at it until she went to roost last night (other than to tell it wasn’t broken or anything). It looks like she tore/cracked the nail or nail bed a little bit. The nail isn’t 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, she’s not tame so catching her to try and clean it is not an easy task and I don’t 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 I’ve 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, she’s totally leaving it alone. Thoughts?

 

[DonnaBudgie]

Hey all,
Quick question. My Budgie, Fay, injured her toe yesterday afternoon ( I don't know how). As she is not tame, I couldn’t get a really good look at it until she went to roost last night (other than to tell it wasn’t broken or anything). It looks like she tore/cracked the nail or nail bed a little bit. The nail isn’t 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, she’s not tame so catching her to try and clean it is not an easy task and I don’t 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 I’ve 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, she’s totally leaving it alone. Thoughts?

I would just leave it to heal by itself. Even if you managed to clean it she would just get it dirty again immediately. Animals (and people) usually heal minor injuries quickly without medical care.

 

[Jcas]

I would just leave it to heal by itself. Even if you managed to clean it she would just get it dirty again immediately. Animals (and people) usually heal minor injuries quickly without medical care.

Thanks DonnaBudgie! I’m just going to keep an eye on it but leave it alone. She honestly seems to already be doing slightly better today than she was yesterday.

 

[clark_conure]

budgies tend to overcross the line a lot and get hurt feet. Your budgie will be fine.

 

[Keet_Krazy]

I'd leave it be if it's not likely to get caught on something and reopened.