Treating An Injured Parrot

There are five things to consider when your parrot gets hurt and you are going to try to mend its yourself.  Although the first choice that most people should make is taking your parrot to veterinarian to get professional help, if it is a small injury that you believe you can mend, then there are five things to consider when taking care of your injured bird.

The first thing to consider is where you will keep your parrot.  Obviously, if you own a parrot, you must have the cage.  Although a parrot should typically be In a well trafficked area of the home, if you’re bird is injured, the best place to keep you’re bird is probably in a safe quiet place to allow it to have time to mend properly.  Keeping it in a noisy section of the house will stimulate its senses and divert any energy that it has from the healing process to trying to process outside stimulus.

The next thing to consider, especially if your parrot has a respiratory problem, is to make sure that the room that you are keeping your parrot in is well humidified.  The reason for this is actually quite simple.  Parrots indigenously come from the tropics.  In their natural environment, the air is usually very humid and is therefore what they are naturally used to.  Humidified air is also easier for the parrot to breathe and therefore it is probably a necessity when you’re bird is injured, and very important if it is a sickness that has to do with the lungs.

Another thing to consider is how warm the room is in which were parrot stays.  Again, parrots are from the tropics.  They are naturally designed to exist in a very humid and warm climate.  Therefore, if you’re bird is ill, it is very important that the room that it stays in is kept at about 85° to 90°.  This may be a very uncomfortable situation for other tenants of your home, including yourself, therefore isolate your parrot in a room and make sure that it has a heater and a humidifier to ensure a fast recovery.

Although parrots are typically very active and very noisy at times, a parrot that is under the weather tends to be very quiet.  This is because the body is trying to recover from whatever disease or injury that it may have.  It is important for the parrot to get as much rest is possible.  In the wild, a parrot would sleep at night.  Therefore, make sure that your parrot has a room that allows it to sleep for longer hours.  Pull the shades and make sure that the parrot has extra time to sleep to make sure that it gets well very quickly.

Most importantly, make sure that your parrot has an adequate amount of water to drink.  Make sure that the water is fresh by changing it at least three times a day.  If your parrot has a sickness that has caused it to have a fever, this extra heat within its body will cause it to lose liquids much more quickly.  Therefore, it is imperative that you make sure that the water in the dish, especially in a much hotter room, is constantly kept cool and fresh.  By ensuring that your parrot has enough water to drink, this will accelerate the healing process exponentially.

As a last resort, and probably in most cases, the best choice to make for your parrot is to take it to a veterinarian.  Although a veterinarian is not free, if you truly do love your parrot, you should take it in to get professional help, especially if it is suffering from something that you simply cannot identify.  If you’re bird is weak or very quiet, or if it cannot fly, it is probably a very good decision to take your parrot immediately to a veterinarian to get it professional help to make sure it gets well in the fastest possible time.