Good day everyone!
I just wanted to take a moment to post about a recent development.
This morning I found one of my birds with a fairly nasty laceration.
Now, it had started to scab over, so it was not actively bleeding, which is very good. But we're still talking about trauma in an animal that is so small.... which is very bad.
So, I did what any respectable bird owner would do, and I called my vet.
"Oh, we don't take emergencies on these days of the week.... you'll have to wait."
(Clearly my bird forgot to check with the vet before having an accident, how careless of him...)
But it put me into a bit of a mad dash to find an answer.
I was able to find a walk-in "regular" vet that was at least able to help clean the wound and apply some sealant while I waited for an afternoon appointment at yet another avian vet.
The walk-in didn't charge me anything as they said my bird was "too cute"
Long-story-short, my bird is doing well though he needs to spend a few days at the vet under observation.
The moral of this story is that even if you've done the right thing and lined up an Avian vet, you should verify their "emergency" hours. These are sometimes subject to change without notice and you don't want to be caught flat-footed like I was.
If your vet has emergency limitations on certain days/hours, have a backup plan to help fill that gap. The last thing that you want to be doing while you have an injured or a sick bird is trying to find help.
I just wanted to take a moment to post about a recent development.
This morning I found one of my birds with a fairly nasty laceration.
Now, it had started to scab over, so it was not actively bleeding, which is very good. But we're still talking about trauma in an animal that is so small.... which is very bad.
So, I did what any respectable bird owner would do, and I called my vet.
"Oh, we don't take emergencies on these days of the week.... you'll have to wait."
(Clearly my bird forgot to check with the vet before having an accident, how careless of him...)
But it put me into a bit of a mad dash to find an answer.
I was able to find a walk-in "regular" vet that was at least able to help clean the wound and apply some sealant while I waited for an afternoon appointment at yet another avian vet.
The walk-in didn't charge me anything as they said my bird was "too cute"
Long-story-short, my bird is doing well though he needs to spend a few days at the vet under observation.
The moral of this story is that even if you've done the right thing and lined up an Avian vet, you should verify their "emergency" hours. These are sometimes subject to change without notice and you don't want to be caught flat-footed like I was.
If your vet has emergency limitations on certain days/hours, have a backup plan to help fill that gap. The last thing that you want to be doing while you have an injured or a sick bird is trying to find help.
