My friends baby tiel broke a leg!

[SilverSage]

Both would be helpful


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[Allee]

ParrotLover, I just wanted to mention, no one here is judging you or trying to make you feel bad. Our concern is for this poor little helpless creature that is suffering and in desperate need of veterinary care. It's highly improbable that your friend's mom could determine if a bone is broken. Even a tiny hairline fracture can cost the bird the use of the leg for life if it heals incorrectly. There are always options, please consider asking for help from the nearest rescue. Considering the circumstances and the baby bird's condition, 30 to 50 miles is a very short distance.

 

[ParrotLover2001]

Both would be helpful


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My state is Maine (and like I said no AV specialist last I looked. But then again that was 3 years ago.)
My friend...I'm not sure, I'll ask.


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[Flboy]

Which state?

My state or my friends state?

A thought, list both!
A lot of game playing when we are really just trying to help the defenseless bird!

Just did a refresh of the thread,
Thank you!

 

[SilverSage]

Well I just googled "vets in Maine" and stopped counting results when I got to 100...

Perhaps your friend is making the mistake of only looking in a phone book for vets instead of on the internet. A google search is a powerful tool. Usually we encourage people to go to an avian specialist, but in this case the baby needs to go to ANY vet, and he needs to get there ASAP.


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[SilverSage]

I was going to ask; how did this baby get injured? He is so young; did the nest box fall?


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[ParrotLover2001]

His parents pushed him from the best box. I'll inform her about the vets, and see if she can take it.


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[EllenD]

This is horrible to see, not only because of the pain and suffering that baby is in (and yes it looks broken, look at the bruising, that's internal bleeding from the bone, no it's not splayed leg at all, and there is absolutely no way to check for a broken bone without an x-ray) but also because this baby was bred and someone who breeds should always be ready to take babies to the vet, along with the adults.

I hope you and/or your friend realize that the baby's leg may very well become infected and this will slowly and painfully kill the bird. You say you've seen video of a baby bird with a broken leg heal and get around fine, but that's only if the bone is correctly set. If not the leg will heal incorrectly, causing the bird lifelong pain and disability. That's only if the baby doesn't die from infection.

Please have your friend call a rescue, shelter, pet shop, and any vet near her (yes there are vets) to see if they can find someone willing to help. Some vets will do things to help people that can't help themselves.

And please tell your friend to stop breeding!!! Separate the males and females, there are no accidental babies if a male and female of breeding age are put together by their owner...

I hope this baby is out of pain soon.

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[ParrotLover2001]

Yes she took it to a vet yesterday, they took x-rays, the leg itself wasn't broken but the baby had broken toes. I'm wondering if the parents were biting the toes or something.
The vet set them, and the baby is healing. Yes, the birds are separated right now.


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[Scott]

Yes she took it to a vet yesterday, they took x-rays, the leg itself wasn't broken but the baby had broken toes. I'm wondering if the parents were biting the toes or something.
The vet set them, and the baby is healing. Yes, the birds are separated right now.


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Glad the vet was able to confirm the lack of a broken leg, but broken toes are awful enough. Parents will sometimes do these things for reasons unknown. Hopefully the toes will heal properly and allow proper perching as the baby grows. Sometimes liquid pain medication can be prescribed.