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Old 09-14-2013, 09:26 PM
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Originally Posted by kittygilchrist View Post
So CF, I'm stuck on what happened to the cockatiel?
Isa (pronounced EEsa). We take him to The Bird's Nest at Market of Marion to have his nails, and sometimes wings, clipped. thought we should do this before we board him for a month. He's just a little guy, even small for a cockatiel. We arrived at 11, and the guy was so busy. Several huge birds ahead of us, so long wait. He finally took Isa out of his travel cage, clipped his nails, standing at his cage, in a nano second, said "That was easy," and put him back in the cage. We covered the cage and left, not realizing he never applied any styptic to his nails (stops any bleeding that might occur from clipping too close).

His cage looked like a crime scene when we uncovered him at home. Put him in his big cage and the bleeding continued. had to go back. Little birds do not have much blood to begin with, and even if they lose a blood feather, they can bleed out. The guy was very apologetic, but it was clear he didn't remember he didn't apply the styptic. Lessons learned: 12 is a less busy time to take your bird, and check to make sure he uses the styptic.

All is fine, and Isa is slowly forgiving us. Crosby the golden has been nose-in-cage commiserating with him. They are buds.