Emergency! Broken bill! *update, it's fine now*

[heritagebirds]

Glad to hear it!

 

[FenDruadin]

Somebody mentioned turtle shells and it reminded me of an article I read in a bee journal a couple years ago--apparently, they started sealing broken sea turtle shells with a mixture of raw honey & beeswax and found that it aided healing better than any other substance they had tried. Honey is antibiotic and wax, of course, can help hold things together. Just a thought--don't know how well it would work--but I thought it was worth mentioning. Glad he seems to be doing better.

 

[duckluck]

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Yes, honey has some super healing properties to it, I believe because it is a natural sugar. My husband carries it in his first aid kit.

 

[toadbriar]

Hey thanks for this thread, both the OP and responses, it's been enormously educational! The ability to recover so fully from a traumatic injury is an incredible miracle!

 

[ConchRepublic]

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even more so that it's only been a couple days and it's perfectly fine. Almost shocking.

 

[sarahsez]

This thread is my Bible..

my Muscovy Drake has injured his bill, almost snapping of his "fingernail" like bit, and its just hanging loose..??
We have a vet appointment this afternoon, till then I have him resting quietly.. omg do they bleed LOTS with Bill injuries..!!