Poor Cupie's wing is bothering him again now that he's been out and flying today. Its so hard to figure out how to deal with it. I don't want to limit Pysche's out of the cage time and i don't want his treatment to be too stressful for her too (like separating them was). They seemed to be so happy to be out of the cage again today. Hanging out on the playground and foraging etc. They did spend a lot of time not flying, but of course, once I thought they should go back in, it was chase the budgie back and forth across the room and back, which aggravates his wing more.

 

I'd love to be able to put him in the cage and keep Psyche out longer, but I'd have to close the door, and then she couldn't go in when she wanted. Of course then when I'd go to open the cage again, she'd fly away and Cupid would come out.

 

I'm gonna talk to the vet again tomorrow and see if I can give him his antiinflammatory (I kept what was left *L*) as needed. I'm also considering clipping his wings entirely. That way, he and Psyche can be out as much as they want and he won't be able to irritate things by flying. I would just feel bad for him. But then I feel bad for him when he's hurting too.

There are 2 things that come to mind for a temporary solutions.

 

1. Clips the wings (not saying you should I know this is a personal thing)

2. Have them in a smaller room where they can come out but not fly as much until it is healed.

 

Too much medicine isn't good so rest I think is the best if that means that both have less time out it is only temporary.

Hmmm... I never thought about a smaller room. I'll have to give that more thought to see if its something feasible in our house.

 

I'm also not totally excited about continuing to medicate him. I'm thinking that too much of it can be hard on the liver and kidneys, or cause other long term side effects.

 

I'm hoping Dr. Larry will have a good idea. Otherwise, maybe smaller amounts of exercise will have to suffice for now. Also, clipping is a somewhat temporary thing, so it can be something to try and I can just let the feathers grow back if it doesn't work out.

if you do clipping I would do both because he will continue to try and fly after your other one. The flights come back pretty quick on their next couple molts.

Right, I was planning on doing both.

 

The dr didn't seem too concerned about his wing lifting yet again because it doesn't seem to be bothering him too much. It was pretty much back to normal this morning too. I think i'm gonna play it by ear and see if it becomes something bigger, and then I'll probably try the clipping.