Ahh it seems such a short time into my "rebirth" of budgie owning that im allready of the the vets tomorrow morning - i took the day off work to go for one of our little boys who has hurt his little leg - He is in a hospital cage for the night on a nice warm heating pad. Looks like one of the other budgies had a chomp at him.

 

His leg is intact but there is a scabby bit and its a tad swollen - he still has blood flow to it and can still open and close it so i presume it shall be all okay (i hope so)

 

I work as a vet nurse at a very good vet clinic in perth but i dont trust the vets i work with with my birdies as they have a tendency to think all birds that are injured should be euthanaised.

 

hence i go to another vet clinic to see a fantastic birdie vet that ive seen for years and i trust with my birds lifes! He hasnt lost one yet!

 

I will post pictures of the injury tomorrow and let you all know how it goes

Aw poor wee soul! Hope he gets better soon x

He is doing really well actually I really thought his leg was going to be broken because of all the swelling but it is actually very stable and now he is on a course of anti inflammatories and AB's for a week to let everything settle down and to make sure infection doesnt set in

Which vet did you go to ?

Hi Kaz,

 

I always go to Wattle Grove and see Tim. I wasnt able to see him and had to see one of the other vets but i took my chances as im sure she would have had more experinence with birds than the vets i work with who just euth everything

 

He is doing really well now - would never know he had a sore leg!

Tim is excellent as is a female vet there as well