Hi just wondered if anyone else has had a budgie lose a claw? Percy's back (inside) claw caught on some fabric the other day and bled though not an awful lot. It has seemed painful to him for a couple of days and rather than panic him to try and pick him up to cut the tip off (it had turned on its side) I have left him as it wasn't bleeding. Anyway I had to pick him up today because he had some droppings stuck to him (same old gut problem he's had for ages now) and when I picked him up I noticed blood over my hands. Having looked at him it seems the "hurt" claw has now come out. I have put him back into his cage and he has settled down and it isn't bleeding, I don't want to disturb him but is there anything I SHOULD be doing for him re this and will it grow back?

 

So many problems for this poor little mite, I just don't know how he stands up to it all as he's been a fighter all the way through (enlarged liver, liver disease and gut problems). I am so upset about all this as not only has this happened he has the dropping problem again and I'm wondering if I should give him antibiotics.... problems, problems...

 

I would so appreciate any advice you can give me folks... thank you very much

Chrissie x

Watch for infection and any reddening or if the foot gets hot. I think you mean toenail not the whole toe. Pretty lost a toenail when I first got him I have no idea how. They function fine without the lost one.

I think that he will be okay with the claw.. if you think that he is in pain I would recommend taking him to the vet so they could recommend a pain-killer for him.

 

Anyway I had to pick him up today because he had some droppings stuck to him (same old gut problem he's had for ages now)

 

Do you mean he has droppings that stick to his vent ? That could indicate some sort of health issue that may need checking into.

Two of my annoying budgies bit off one of my (late, age 8 years, Rosey Bourke's) claws years ago which never regenerated but she did just fine in spite of her lack of one claw. Claw wise Percy will be fine, I feel for the little guy for his other health issues.

Hi thanks for your help everyone. The toe seems okay today and now I can see it, the claw isn't completely off there's a tiny fraction still there but nothing to speak of, so maybe it will grow again in time.

 

 

Do you mean he has droppings that stick to his vent ? That could indicate some sort of health issue that may need checking into.

 

Yes Percy has had non stop gut problems since I had him at 6 weeks old, droppings range from plain "water", cloudy "water", urates only, grey and white, green and white, hard, soft, green stained with just bits in the middle of the staining... you name it, anything but normal. He has been diagnosed with liver disease and has fatty lipoma too (he's now 5 yrs old By The Way) but the main problem with his gut is that he sits fluffed up over the vent area - i.e. on the bottom of his back and looks very uncomfortable when he gets really bad. I feel sure it's like a colitis when this happens but three avian vets have said it's just his liver disease... I'm not so sure. Just lately he's bad again and why I think it's gut problems is that he is fine first thing in the morning before he's eaten, then as the day goes on he gets worse (after eating presumably). He eats plain seed, sometimes mixed with canary seed now and I've started him on Harrison's superfine pellets which he will eat occasionally. I just don't know what to do for him when he's bad, he's been on probiotics which haven't helped, occasional antibiotics from the vet but that never clears it fully...... so any suggestions here would help me and him! Thank you.

 

Chrissie

Edited February 16, 200718 yr by classylady

The claw wont grow back but it wont affect him at all.

jim lost a front claw when he was young, it hasnt grown back fully just a small little bit and hes fine with it, i have noticed that one of his back claws is growing sideways too???