damaged beak

mohum · Regular Member Joined: Oct 30, 2012 Posts: 28

My " kiki" has trapped his beak and it is now sticking out at a strange angle. He can still eat and talk and does not seem in distress. I am hoping it is only swelling and will take him to the vet if it doesn't improve in 24 hours. It is only the top beak and his tongue and lower beak are fine. Any comments would be w3c

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Steptoe · Site Admin Joined: Oct 06, 2004 Posts: 4550

There are some oldser posts discussing damaged and broken beaks
use the "quick search" block to the left or search function above

mohum · Regular Member Joined: Oct 30, 2012 Posts: 28

There was no improvement today and I thought the beak was dislocated. We rang round several vets and eventually found a specialist who wanted an arm and leg just for a consultation with the threat of operations,x-rays etc.etc. To cut a long story short, we rang the local Birds of Prey centre who gave us the number of their vet. The vet was lovely and gave loads of advice together with an anti-inflamatory injection and five minutes after arriving home,"kiki's" beak is back to normal. <v>

Steptoe · Site Admin Joined: Oct 06, 2004 Posts: 4550

Good result...simple infection.
Such infections are prevented with good diets and maintaince.