Post by ange on Sept 29, 2014 22:30:53 GMT
4 days ago when I check my flock of budgies early in the morning i noticed my sweet Harley sitting at the bottom of the aviary. As I opened the door and went inside he flew up to a perch and it was then I saw the damage that had been done. He had blood over his chest, wing and vent area. Also he was missing a leg. I brought him inside straight away. Put him in a cage with a nice soft floor and low perches. All the blood was dried so what every happened to him it must have been late in the night.
He has amazed me since! He can still fly & perch on the one leg. Eating and drinking like a trooper. Doesn't seem to mind one bit about being in a cage. When he gets tired, he hops down onto the floor and lays down to rest his other leg.
Everything looks fine, he seems to be healing well & coping amazingly.
He will now forever be a house pet as i think he may get picked on and not be able to rest very well in the aviary.
I am still unsure how this has happened but my guess would be that it was a rat or stoat that has taken his leg. They can not get into the aviary but I suspect Harley was sleeping, clinging to the side of the aviary (as some of my budgies do as they sleep at night) and the rat or stoat must have climbed up the side of the aviary and grabbed his leg through the mesh. I have no other explanation. I have searched high and low and have not found his leg anywhere.
A few pictures to follow.
He has amazed me since! He can still fly & perch on the one leg. Eating and drinking like a trooper. Doesn't seem to mind one bit about being in a cage. When he gets tired, he hops down onto the floor and lays down to rest his other leg.
Everything looks fine, he seems to be healing well & coping amazingly.
He will now forever be a house pet as i think he may get picked on and not be able to rest very well in the aviary.
I am still unsure how this has happened but my guess would be that it was a rat or stoat that has taken his leg. They can not get into the aviary but I suspect Harley was sleeping, clinging to the side of the aviary (as some of my budgies do as they sleep at night) and the rat or stoat must have climbed up the side of the aviary and grabbed his leg through the mesh. I have no other explanation. I have searched high and low and have not found his leg anywhere.
A few pictures to follow.
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