It has been quite some time since I have posted on here. I posted the first time Spyro injured her beak in December but haven't had the chance to come back and update on it. Since then, she has re-injured it 3 more times. Sadly it just seems that her beak is very brittle as all the injuries seem to have occurred without much force, as far as I can tell. I have been in the room almost every time it has happened. I didn't see how it actually happened. It just seemed one second she was fine and the next there was a crack or little chunk missing from her beak. The first time was the only time there was a lot of blood but it either stopped on its own or like this time we were able to stopped the bleeding ourselves. Unfortunately we know the vet can't really do anything for her as far as fixing the beak. It most likely will never grow back properly but we are more than happy to keep trying our best to keep her healthy and happy. Our vet said it may be better to put her down if she keeps injuring herself and I just can't bring myself to even consider that just yet She is still eating and has not lost any weight from any of the times she has been injured. She is quite the trooper! She is a feisty one and definitely a fighter. She doesn't even act like she is hurt ever but I am sure it is painful. We give her pain meds as needed and can call the vet to get it refilled whenever it is necessary. We will most likely need to bring her in as soon as we can get an appointment so that we can get some antibiotics. I called but they are closed since it is a holiday. We are going to try to switch to a mash diet for our budgies at least so that we can keep them together (as long as there are no signs of them picking on her--which there hasn't been so far). It's going to be a bit tricky but we are trying to figure out different ways to give her soft foods. They always get fresh veggies and budgie or germinated/sprouted seeds & grains so it shouldn't be too difficult to switch over. We will still have some of the dry food in their cage as well just in case since we can't leave the soft foods in their cage for long. Anyways, sorry this is getting long lol. But if any one has any idea, suggestion, experiences with a budgie with a broken/injured beak please feel free to give some advice or recipes for foods or anything that may help ease the situation better. I really appreciate it!
Thank you in advance!
Thank you in advance!