I've worked with/bred parrots for about 16 years now and I've seen some pretty bad wounds on them. The cheapest thing you can keep on hand, should your baby bang himself again, is regular flour. See, parrot blood doesn't clot as fast as our blood does, so they bleed more profusely for longer periods of time before their blood will clot. Styptic powder is expensive and flour works just as well. I've never used styptic powder. I've always keep a small container of flour on hand cause accidents can happen, anything from a wing clipped too short, to an accidental cat attack, etc. Your baby doesn't look so bad. Let him be and watch to make sure he doesn't pick at his toe. He can't reach the one on his head to mess with it so that one should be fine. Let me ask you this, do you cover your bird at night? I place a dark sheet or cover over my cages because when shadows or lights, or even the movement of a cat or dog in the room catches their attention in the dark, they can freak out and start slamming around in the cage until they hurt themselves. It's hard to get them to calm down again once they've gotten themselves into a panic. As for the mouse, I don't really know what to tell you other than try to set a trap for it? If your cage is on a stand you can try greasing the legs as suggested, but mice can jump and if they want in somewhere, they WILL get in. Persistent little buggers that they are. I'm glad my cats keep mice to a minimum here. If you do cover your bird, I also recommend that as you enter the room, before you lift off the cover, talk to him. Say good morning, call out to him, something to alert him to the fact that you are coming to remove his cover. And slowly lift the cover. It sounds like your baby might be a little high strung. I've had birds like that in the past. I'm down now to one elderly cockatiel but he's pretty easy going. The flapping around at night is called night terrors, and once in a blue moon my Bailey will have them too. But that's rare. Also keep in mind, African Greys are purported to be the most intelligent of all parrot species, so it's like dealing with a toddler all the time, and armed with that kind of intelligence, I can understand them having panic attacks from time to time! Good luck with your baby. And oh, if it does start to look like either of his wounds are getting infected, which I doubt they will, there are salves and oral antibiotics you can purchase either in the pet stores or online. Once my friend brought her beagle over (didn't know the dog was coming or I'd have had my birds locked up tight!) while I had my birds out and the beagle got a hold of my favorite cockatiel and ripped her to shreds. I kept flour on hand since the moment I got my first parrot and I grabbed it and began applying it all over Murphy, packing it into her wounds, and under normal circumstances she would bled to death in a matter of minutes, but I stopped all the bleeding and even the vet said that my fast thinking is what had saved her. She went on to live a long life. I've used it to stop bleeding from night terrors more than a few times over the years. I wish you luck, and hope he doesn't hurt himself again.
