Dianelys

hi guys! Thank you soooo much for the comforting words and advice! You're a terrific gang Anyway, Bebe (my gray) is doing much better. She's actually eating by herself! It's amazing, but now she grabs food between her tongue and bottom beak and rolls the pieces around and then "throws" them to the top of her tongue. This takes considerably more effort than eating normally, but she's getting the hang of it. This morning she ate some bread and butter (her favorite food, go figure!), and then even tried to talk to me a little, something she hasn't done since the accident. Her beak seems to be doing much better as well, and it has healed remarkably. She even let me use a toothbrush on it to remove left over food. Thanks again! I feel so much better now knowing this is not a permanent injury! Cheers! Dianelys Morato<br><br>Post edited by: Dianelys, at: 2008/09/21 15:52

hi guys. My african grey of 10 years flew (despite her trimmed wing) into a ceiling fan and her top beak was severed. She has about 1/3 of an inch left on it. She bled and was in shock the first day, but she was OK the next day. Obviously we took her to a vet right away and he examined her and said there were no other injuries. Thank God! The problem is that she just couldn't close her mouth to chew her food so she was having a terrible time eating. Anyway, exactly a week after the accident we took her to another vet, who reattached her beak using an acrylic compound. My bird was fine after that and ate normally the next day. But after having lunch, she tried to climb the outside of her cage and the beak fell off, this time taking even more of the little bit of bone she had left. Again, she bleed a little, but was in good spirits. Now, here is my question: the vet told me that the beak will grow back in about 4 months, so he can either reattach it or just wait it out, with me handfeeding my bird. My vote goes to waiting it out. But, WILL HER BEAK REALLY GROW BACK? I've read contradicting info on the web, so I really have no idea what to believe anymore. Please help! Thanks so much! Dianellys Morato