neoow Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRSeedBurners Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbersmom Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 I haven't had anything like that so don't have much to contribute. It does look like a scrape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neoow Posted May 21, 2021 Author Share Posted May 21, 2021 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!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbersmom Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 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! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neoow Posted May 25, 2021 Author Share Posted May 25, 2021 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! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRSeedBurners Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 Good to see Alfie is keeping you on your 'toe's. 😆 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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