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thanx dave , im off to look for one now

hi all havent been able to update u but havent been able to log in, i took her to a diff vets (not avian either) and she gave her some anti inflammatories for a few weeks then if no better planned to knock her out to investigate, wasnt keen on the idea as she had only worked on a budgie before, had email back from vet in uk but he wasnt much help only to tell me not to let anyone do anything to her that wasnt qualified to do so, she eventually bathed it and took the scab off herself twice and its nealry healed up now no swelling anymore either, ive read having central heating can dry their feet out and i think thats whats happened as she lost some scales (if thats what there called ) off her feet so if anyone knows of a good way to get humidity back in the room plz tell me

thank you for the phone number caroline:) i will ring on monday morning n see what they say

not keen on the idea of him taping her down either, if you could recomened a good avian vet in the uk that would be great thanx, not sure if hes given an anestetic to a grey before

i did ask the vet about it being an odd place for bumblefoot and he said bumblefoots just a name for any foot infection, he wont give any ointments and plans to put her to sleep to take swabs to send off for testing, im reluctant to let him knock her out as he seemed scared of her when i took her to see him, ( didnt even get her out the cage to check it looked through the bars), im worried about him taping her down to knock her out more than anything as i know it will be very stressful for her, i have decided to ring a avian vet on monday in the uk to see if they can give me some ointment,

i had my gery to the vets (not an avian vet as there are none on the island i live on) and he says she has bumblefoot, she has a swelling on the side of one toe and is a bit red ( i have put pic on) shes been on antibiotics for 3 weeks ( first week was hit n miss ) but doesnt seem to be getting any better, next week he wants to knock her out which i am worried about because he said they tape them down to give anestetic and i think this is going to be very stressfull for her, is there any natural ointment i can be putting on this swelling or is it best to just let the vet opperate thanx kate

hi it doesnt seem to be painfull and shes still standing on it no probs, no idea where it came from coz her cage is always clean and she never even poops in it, the vets not an avian vet as i live on an island there r no avian vets here:(, i spoke to the vet last night as i couldnt get her in the travel cage to take her and she got real stressed out and he siad take her back in the new yr and might need op.

hi all, my grey has a swelling on the side of one toe , the vet said its bumble foot but all the sites about bumble foot on the internet say it only effects the bottom of the feet, shes had antibiotics for 2 weeks so far, redness has gone but still got a whitish lump there which looks bigger, has anyone had/got a parrot with this problem as im not sure thats what it is doesnt even look the same as pics ive seen about it thanx:)