African Grey Parrot Flies Away And Fractures His Femur! (See The X-Ray Image Proof)
I have a good news story to tell… My African Grey parrot (Charlie) flew away last Sunday (10th May 2009) but, I found him the Tuesday (12th May 2009). It was the most horrible experience and it was just by shear luck that he was found!
He fractured his Femur. He was operated on at one of the world’s best Veterinary Hospitals - Onderstepoort in South Africa on Friday in the Bird and Exotic Animal Section. Straight after the surgery he was able to put some pressure on the sore leg – I was told this is very good!
He came home on Sunday and seems fine – he can at least take his food in his sore foot now and eat with that foot. He is not saying much apart from “I am cross with you”. See a copy of the x-ray of the surgery.
I would also like to emphasize that we should really start encouraging bird owners to maybe Micro Chip their birds. The lady who found Charlie said that her next step would have been taking Charlie to the nearest Vet or SPCA (our animal welfare society) to see if he was Micro Chipped. Which he was “not”, at the time when had queries about Micro Chipping none of the Vets I spoke could help me with this!
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About the Author: Bellita lives in South Africa and owns an African Grey parrot called Charlie. Bellita is a member of EliteParrotsClub.com and enjoys learning new information there. You can join her and the community of parrot owners from over 15 countries here http://www.EliteParrotsClub.com
