Do you think its possible.

[Tycos_mom]

When I first got Darius he was wearing a legband I thought about getting it cut off but decided that as long as its not bothering him I'll just leave it. Well I was just playing with Darius and he no longer has a legband do you think that maybe he got it hooked on something and bit it off. I also notice that the feathers around that area are also gone I guess that could be from the band wearing them away or he plucked them out to get a better grip on the legband to bite it off do you think he could be strong enough to bite through a legband?

[judygram]

Oh my Pat, I guess their beaks are strong enough to bite the band off especially if the band wasn't too heavy, I would look around to see if you can find it for you know he didn't eat it, that will tell you whether he did or not. Just count your lucky stars that he didn't hurt himself doing it.

[Tycos_mom]

The thing is I didn't notice until afew moments ago and I cleaned his cage and the area around his cage rolled up all the news paper and wood chips a threw them in the garbage so I could have very easily chuck out his leg band also. I don't think he would have swallowed it but its definatly gone.

[judygram]

I agree, he wouldn't have swallowed it so it has to be in the garbage, now you want to go thru that to find it Pat? I think I would if I were you just so I would have it in my possession.

[Tycos_mom]

I guess I should not that Its one of my favorite things to do I just hope its not in the compost pile I put a big sheet under his cage to catch all the wood chips and poop so I just rolled up the sheet and shook it out into the compost pile and then threw the sheet into the wash. I wish I had of noticed before I cleaned everything it would have been allot easier. I think I'll just get him micro chipped next time I take him to the vet. Bird like kid can really be a pain in the butt sometimes