I found something wrong with 3 of my four babies from one of my nests and am absolutely terrified about possibly having to put them down if I can't figure out what happened.
1:
This I think was a mouse bite. These birds run loose in the barn where there are mice, and I have seen a mouse dart out of their housing multiple times. Not super noticeable but there is a puncture wound on the toe. I cleaned it off with an antiseptic wipe and it started to bleed again. It also had a puss bubble between that toe and the middle I popped and cleaned that had clear liquid. The ankle is so, so swollen.
2:
Pus bubble. She had another one that apparently popped on the other side of her middle toe. Cleaned and popped with clear liquid. No wounds to show what might have happened.
3:
Both ankles are very swollen and she won't put weight on them. She walks on her legs, and doesn't want to walk. She let's me move them, and I didn't see any bubbles or wounds. They just look broken and I don't know how that would happen.
1:
This I think was a mouse bite. These birds run loose in the barn where there are mice, and I have seen a mouse dart out of their housing multiple times. Not super noticeable but there is a puncture wound on the toe. I cleaned it off with an antiseptic wipe and it started to bleed again. It also had a puss bubble between that toe and the middle I popped and cleaned that had clear liquid. The ankle is so, so swollen.
2:
Pus bubble. She had another one that apparently popped on the other side of her middle toe. Cleaned and popped with clear liquid. No wounds to show what might have happened.
3:
Both ankles are very swollen and she won't put weight on them. She walks on her legs, and doesn't want to walk. She let's me move them, and I didn't see any bubbles or wounds. They just look broken and I don't know how that would happen.