One of the babies that fledged had an accident today. It hit into a wall or aviary wire and broke its bottom beak rather severely. Split right through the middle, with a chunk out of it and bleeding. We are off to the avian vet tomorrow to see if he can do anything with it. He said if its repairable he can "pin it"

Edited November 10, 200816 yr by KAZ

Oh no Kaz, fingers crossed, what a freak accident

Oh no Kaz, fingers crossed, what a freak accident

They are pretty clumsy when first learning to fly. I will update tomorrow after the vet appointment.

Hope it's able to be fixed okay

Awww :yes: good luck at the vets. I hope it all works out

Poor birdy clumsy thing, Hope he's okay though.

Lovely parrots Kaz

I use to breed Princess Parrots, Regent Parrots and a few more different types that would be over 15 years ago.

Still love them though went out of them because of all the **** of writing down every egg they layed in the registered book.

Some one told me it is much easier now.

Actually I don't think you even need a licence for Princess Parrots now.

Edited November 10, 200816 yr by splat

Chaos in the aviary today...all 7 babies out taking flying lessons. Even the one with the damaged beak was flying around like a pro and took a bit of catching. She ( we think she ) is in the carrybox ready to go to the vet in a couple of hours.

What fun that must be to experience Kaz

Fantastic pics Kaz

I had to look twice at one picture, where the princess and the barraband are on the wire and you can see the bricks and window of your house behind them. It looked like my place, then I realised the princess was green and not blue LOL :hap:

 

Good luck with your vet visit today, I hope the youngster pulls through and heals

Vet visit over. Very sad to take a sweet young thing like that to the vet in a cage and come home with an empty cage

 

Tim Oldfield was very good.....he's one of the most highly respected avian vets in Perth. He examined the poor little thing and decided that the tissue damage was too deep and it would never heal. It would not knit together. The beak was literally in half right down to the base and a large chunk was also missing on the right hand side. The baby would never be able to eat. Even trying to crop feed it would cause pain and this bird would have to be hand fed the rest of its life. The examination alone caused pain and Tim held the bird close to his chest soothing and calming it after ....he was so good with this bird. :angel1:

He also said, even if it survived the infections it would get and the breaking up of the beak over time, the both top and bottom beaks would grow abnormally and it would need professional trimming every 4 weeks.

He strongly recommended euthenasia.

So, I came home without the bird and sadder than I thought I would be.

Edited November 11, 200816 yr by KAZ

Vet visit over. Very sad to take a sweet young thing like that to the vet in a cage and come home with an empty cage

He strongly recommended euthenasia.

So, I came home without the bird and sadder than I thought I would be.

 

I am so sorry :D

Edited November 11, 200816 yr by **Liv**

So sorry to hear your news Kaz.

 

It's a horrible feeling walking out of the vets with an empty cage

So sorry to hear your news Kaz.

 

It's a horrible feeling walking out of the vets with an empty cage

Yeah... empty anything.....dog lead, cat carry box ....anything.

 

A friend of mine had her ragdoll kitten attacked last week. A tomcat came through her cat door in the middle of the night and attacked the sleeping ragdoll kitten. Had it by the throat and tried to kill it. Her other cat woke up and screamed the house down and fronted the tomcat, so my friend woke up and came out as the tomcat dropped the near lifeless kitten and ran back out through the cat door. Blood all over the floor.

The kitten luckily survived nearly having its throat ripped out and after 5 days at the vet on a drip and meds...it has come home. Severely bruised around the throat still but almost back to normal. I was scared that kitten would not come home from the vets.

There are some happy stories thank goodness.

Edited November 11, 200816 yr by KAZ

Oh thank goodness the little kitten is okay. What a relief!

This is our avian vet Tim Oldfield http://www.birdswa.org/confer/tim.htm

We have one surviving blue princess chick out of the three eggs that hatched. The surviving chick is in a foster nest and doing well. Ken's first blue princess baby.

Aww, so sorry the second baby didnt make it either.

 

I have everything crossed for you that the last baby will make it.

Our one and only surviving blue princess chick in a foster nest

 

 

 

5 days old

 

 

and here is the Dad....Smokey ( checking out my new crop of grey hairs :reading:.... where's the hair dye when you need it )

 

Smokey and his wife Precious...the parents of the 7 babies just fledged.

Edited November 15, 200816 yr by KAZ

Aww look at that baby! its so big. it looks so strong and its eyes aren't even open yet!

Aww look at that baby! its so big. it looks so strong and its eyes aren't even open yet!

 

and it was running around avoiding my hand as I tried to take photos of it. Big and strong this one...an only chick in the foster nest so it should do okay

Aww look at that baby! its so big. it looks so strong and its eyes aren't even open yet!

 

and it was running around avoiding my hand as I tried to take photos of it. Big and strong this one...an only chick in the foster nest so it should do okay

 

Great news!!

that's great

Ken's blue Princess baby

 

 

and the Barrabands have eggs too ...three in one nestbox and four in another

 

OMG it looks like a little vulture LOL

Baby birds are so ugly, but still cute and loveable all the same

Good luck with your Barras - I think there have been too many disruptions this year with our aviaries to get babies, but the princess hen is still sitting on one egg, so fingers crossed for that one