Bird Injury Blogging

Posted on June 22, 2009 by andrew

Last week, young Kirby fractured his leg. If you’re wondering how it’s possible for a parakeet to fracture his leg, well, you aren’t alone. Anyway, I thought some of you might be curious to see what his cast looks like:

He’s doing fairly well; he’s figured out how to get around his cage relatively smoothly on one leg (he uses his beak to pull himself up a bit more than normal and uses his wings for balance), and the cast should be able to come off this weekend. And, yes, the whole thing is a bit amusing to watch when I can forget how painful the initial injury must have been.

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