MelodyR
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I just got home late from work. My four new boys were lined up to greet me and everything seemed fine. They were excited and there was a bit of running up and down the 3 FN levels. A few minutes later I noticed one of them had "skinned" the base of his ear (near the bottom of the ear canal on the side of the face. It was fresh and bloody. I don't know if someone did it to him (it definitely does NOT look like a bite, more like it was skinned) or if he scraped himself somehow running up and down or on the edge of the Bass pan --sometimes the fleece liner slips away. There are no signs of argument, no fur slips or anything. But all four are 4-6 months old, he is the oldest and just yesterday starting humping everything.
It is definitely fresh. It's not deep, just a skin pull-back, and I tried to move it back over the scraped spot. As it is, I don't think it requires a vet visit, it's not horrible, just scary. I'm more concerned about what the source was.
What should I do???? I took him out and sprayed some AviVera on a cotton ball and wiped it clean (it's aloe that is safe for birds and works great on them-- stops bleeding and numbs it). Other than that, the only thing I have around is Quik-stop, which is a sulfer powder. I put him in a temp cage for now. He seems fine, but keeps scratching at it with his hind leg.
I've never had an injury before. The boys never fight and they've been together over a month -- they came together from the same breeder. I have to be gone most of tomorrow and that concerns me. What should I do?
It is definitely fresh. It's not deep, just a skin pull-back, and I tried to move it back over the scraped spot. As it is, I don't think it requires a vet visit, it's not horrible, just scary. I'm more concerned about what the source was.
What should I do???? I took him out and sprayed some AviVera on a cotton ball and wiped it clean (it's aloe that is safe for birds and works great on them-- stops bleeding and numbs it). Other than that, the only thing I have around is Quik-stop, which is a sulfer powder. I put him in a temp cage for now. He seems fine, but keeps scratching at it with his hind leg.
I've never had an injury before. The boys never fight and they've been together over a month -- they came together from the same breeder. I have to be gone most of tomorrow and that concerns me. What should I do?