hammco Posted September 30, 2011 Posted September 30, 2011 Well, I was trimming Timmy's nails as usual and he got scared cause my little girl screamed right behind the chair we were sitting in. He jerked and flapped and I cut his nail too far up, WAY TO FAR! He began bleeding instantly and I didnt have any steptic on hand so I applied cornstartch with no luck. After about 10 mins I wrapped him in a towel and rushed to a vet asst friend of mines house, where we then drove to the vets office (on a sunday). we finally got the bleeding to stop but Timmy was very weak and I felt so bad for the little guy. His eyes even rolled around a little and I thought it was the end for ole Timmy, but he made it and is doing fine now (5 days later) but he is weary of me and minding his own business...I dont blame him haha! He will be back to his self shortly, so Im happy everything worked out! ....just wanted to share ....and the vet wouldnt take a dime! God Bless him huh!!
Luvparrots Posted September 30, 2011 Posted September 30, 2011 What a scare!!! So glad everything turned out okay for Timmy! Hopefully he will soon forgive the owiee!!!
MarcusCAG Posted September 30, 2011 Posted September 30, 2011 I'm so glad to hear that Timmy's okay!!
chelseaB Posted September 30, 2011 Posted September 30, 2011 Oh poor baby!! (and you too! ) Glad it all turned out ok, he will forgive & forget in time.
bmatrow Posted September 30, 2011 Posted September 30, 2011 An experience like his would have scared me to death. Glad everything turned out ok for him.
AiSell Posted September 30, 2011 Posted September 30, 2011 How nice that everything is okay! I hope it does not happen again )
Greywings Posted September 30, 2011 Posted September 30, 2011 Good save~glad you are both recovering!
danmcq Posted September 30, 2011 Posted September 30, 2011 Wow, what a dramatic, heart ponding event. I am so glad to hear it has ended well and Timmy is mending. The trust and relationship wil come back. I doubt he will ever want another pair of nail trimmers near him though.
katana600 Posted October 1, 2011 Posted October 1, 2011 It has been five years since I tried clipping nails after one slip and push of a foot that caused bleeding. It is the scariest thing. It must have been really bad for you and Timmy and I am so grateful your scare had a positive outcome and you are right about the vet being a huge blessing.
hammco Posted October 3, 2011 Author Posted October 3, 2011 It sure was a close call but Timmy is a tough dude! Ill just have my vet handle it from now on, Timmy is too cool to loose just cause I wanna save a couple bucks! Funny how something like that will scare us!!!
MarcusCAG Posted October 3, 2011 Posted October 3, 2011 It definitely was a scare for all of you ^^ but again I'm just so glad that Timmy is okay after all's been said and done. In our family, we do have one of those 'grooming' concrete perches in Marcus' cage for him to use, but it unfortunately only seems to be helping his beak... so I've been trying to train/teach him that my using the nail file on his talons is a game when he hangs upside-down from his top bars. I'll say, "Mommy's filing your toes!" and he'll let me do it on one talon for maybe four seconds before he tries to nip the emery board. I figure maybe with enough time and patience he'll get used to the idea and it'll be fun for him (especially because he gets a treat afterward), and I can do all of his talons enough that, between the filing and the concrete perch, that will be all that's needed for Marcus to keep his talons a proper length. Between now and then, though, we'll probably have to make an appointment with the groomer, ourselves. Ah, well.
bmatrow Posted October 3, 2011 Posted October 3, 2011 Yea I personally would be nervous about doing a "do it yourself" on things like this with birds. My nerves being all the more reason to have a professional do it. I don't even like to clip my black labs nails myself.
hammco Posted October 18, 2011 Author Posted October 18, 2011 Im getting 2 different sized concrete perches for his cage but he only perches at night and maybe a couple times during the day. He likes to walk around on the floor or window ledge across the sunroom. He likes to be flat-footed when he is chilling out (weird huh)....maybe I should get him a pair of sneakers haha!!
kave70 Posted October 18, 2011 Posted October 18, 2011 So glad to know there was a happy ending. That must've been scary for you both.
reggieroo Posted October 21, 2011 Posted October 21, 2011 That was some scare for you both, glad everything is ok. When I first got Murphy his nails were very sharp & it hurt to hold him on the hand, I tried a few different perches but only one worked & that was the concrete twister perch. It was one of the best things I ever bought & soon trimmed the sharp tip off his nails & they stayed trimmed all the time I had him.
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