Grey chewing a mothball

[assegaai]

My Timneh African Grey somehow got hold of a mothball (naphthalene ball). I always give him a kiss on his beak when I pick him up and immediately smelled the naphthalene. I tried to open his beak, but Assegaai realised he is about to loose his new-found treasure and clamped his beak shut. As I prised his beak open and tried to get hold of the poison, it crumbled. I got pieces out but wasn't sure if it was everything. I rinsed his mouth with water, and called our vet. He found out that with naphtalene poisoning the best is to give activated charcoal (the sort you buy at pharmacies). He gave Assegaai 4 cc of charcoal with a tube into his gullet. Assegaai was fine, and the only side-effects were his potty was pitch black for a day!

[Char]

Wow! Close call. Glad it turned out okay.

[judygram]

OMG, I would have thought you had a goner there but glad to hear it turned out ok, wow what a close call, I would have been freaking out.

[casper]

I agree! It could have been really dangerous, Im so glad your baby is okay.

[Eckobird]

Oh my! How scary that must have been! You did a great job by acting quickly to help Assegaai. Good for you Hanlie.

[bonek]

{Feel-bad-00020063}{Characters-0002005F}you best parront.he5

[she]

That was lucky.

[chimaysmommy]

Oh my gosh how scary!!! Great job in acting as quickly as you did and getting him to the vet in time...

[danmcq]

OMG, how horrifying!!:ohmy:

 

I am so glad you clean his mouth out good and the vet knew exactly what to do. :-)

 

GreYt Job!!!

[Tycos_mom]

Thats so scary I would have been in a state of total panic and probubly crying to much to drive your a grey't parront to stay in control and do what you had to do quickly. good for you and Karma also<br><br>Post edited by: Tycos_mom, at: 2009/06/30 21:49

[Luvparrots]

Hanlie, how very fortunate for Assegaai that you were calm and reacted so quickly. Thanks for the head-up on what actions should be quickly taken by an avian vet. You're a great parront!