Strange marking on foot

[neoow]

I noticed Alfie had a strange marking on his foot which seemingly came out of nowhere. I don't think it's dye from food or toys. Looks line some kind of graze?

Anyone seen anything like this before? Should I be worried? It just seems to be in that one spot. Underneath all looks ok from what I can see. Unfortunately I can't touch his feet unless I want to lose a finger!

He's acting normally, eating, drinking, playing with toys and being vocal. He doesn't seem to mind using the foot so doesn't seem to be in pain.

 

[SRSeedBurners]

Hopefully he got it caught somewhere, on something.    Our Huey chews his feet and can really make himself bleed.   He's a bit neurotic at times and we have to put him on the Haloperidol to stop it.   Hopefully that's not what you see here.

[Timbersmom]

I haven't had anything like that so don't have much to contribute. It does look like a scrape.

[neoow]

YeahI'm hoping he was just playing too rough and grazed it as opposed to chewing it himself or having something more sinister going on.  I will keep an eye on it. I'm in the process of locating a new vet for him because his previous one retired earlier in the year. I need to make an appointment to get his beak filed anywayas its growing out wonky again so if its still there when I get him booked in I'll get it checked out at the same time. Have received a few recommendations from vets in the local (and not so local) area so just need to contact them and find one i like the sound of. They will have very big shoes to fill because Alfie's pervious vet was very good!!

[Timbersmom]

Glad you have a choice in vets at least! The closest avian vet to me is almost two hours, next closest is 3.5 hours. Hope you find a good one!

[neoow]

Happy to say Alfie's foot is now fine. I was obviously worrying about nothing! There's no mark on it anymore.

On 5/22/2021 at 1:39 PM, Timbersmom said:

Glad you have a choice in vets at least! The closest avian vet to me is almost two hours, next closest is 3.5 hours. Hope you find a good one!

Yes I've been quite lucky so far as his previous vet was about 45-60 mins drive away (traffic depending!). Most of the vets I'm looking at currently are at least an hour away- probably 1.5-2 hours away, depending who I end up choosing. One of them use to (pre-covid) have a slot at another vet surgery which was a lot closer to home (30 mins) than their main base. But unfortunately I'll have to go to the one that's further away (if I choose them) for now. But I am lucky to have a few options which are reasonably close by!

[SRSeedBurners]

Good to see Alfie is keeping you on your 'toe's.  😆