While i was away this weekend playing a show in Virginia, my wife Geri was home alone with Salty an our doggie. Sunday noon, she hears a SCREAMING coming from Saltys cage. Geri said she had never heard him scream like this, she said it was both ear splitting and heart rending. I had left one of those screwable links we get with each new toy attached to his cage, in the open position. Salty had managed to get stuck with part of the link inside his mouth.
Geri said he was screaming, and thrashing around inside his cage. She ran over ( and my wife is handicapped, using a walker or canes), she has no idea how she ran, and tried to free him, which finally happened. Salty was shaking, and would not come out of the corner of his cage for an hour. SHe finally got him to come over and step up. No bleeding, no obvious cuts or damage to the outside of his beak. He went on his boingy, and she gave him some soft stuff to eat ( sweet 'taters) which he took, and later accepted a few pine nuts.
BY late after noon, Salty went into his usual late afternoon chatting, singing, talking session, and by dinner ate his chop. I got home around 2:00 AM, and after she told me what happened, I woke Salty up, cuddled him a bit , and examined his beak as best I could. Like Geri, I could see no obvious damage to his beak, but I cant examine inside or his tongue. He seems OK though.
So the cautionary part of this post - if you use those links, make sure they are screwed on all the way - tightly! Any rings, links loops, etc that have a gap can cause your parrots beak to get stuck, and in thrashing around to free themselves may break or damage a wing or leg, or really damage their beak. I know when I get home, Salty's entire cage, boing, chains - everything, is going to gone over with a fine tooth comb for this. Hope this post helps prevent any other members birds from the same circumstances.
Salty sez: Bad Daddy - dont do that no more !
Geri said he was screaming, and thrashing around inside his cage. She ran over ( and my wife is handicapped, using a walker or canes), she has no idea how she ran, and tried to free him, which finally happened. Salty was shaking, and would not come out of the corner of his cage for an hour. SHe finally got him to come over and step up. No bleeding, no obvious cuts or damage to the outside of his beak. He went on his boingy, and she gave him some soft stuff to eat ( sweet 'taters) which he took, and later accepted a few pine nuts.
BY late after noon, Salty went into his usual late afternoon chatting, singing, talking session, and by dinner ate his chop. I got home around 2:00 AM, and after she told me what happened, I woke Salty up, cuddled him a bit , and examined his beak as best I could. Like Geri, I could see no obvious damage to his beak, but I cant examine inside or his tongue. He seems OK though.
So the cautionary part of this post - if you use those links, make sure they are screwed on all the way - tightly! Any rings, links loops, etc that have a gap can cause your parrots beak to get stuck, and in thrashing around to free themselves may break or damage a wing or leg, or really damage their beak. I know when I get home, Salty's entire cage, boing, chains - everything, is going to gone over with a fine tooth comb for this. Hope this post helps prevent any other members birds from the same circumstances.
Salty sez: Bad Daddy - dont do that no more !
