Foxjxa Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 There is currently a baby magpie sitting on top of Treo's cage looking at me. I found it on my way to work this morning and it appears to have a chip at the end of it's bottom mandible. When I got home after work I managed to syringe-feed it some watered down cat food and it even ate some chunks by hand, but I noticed that it's beak was bleeding steadily where it had chipped and called the vet. The vet seemed more worried that once I released it, the bird wouldn't be able to eat properly and die so I should just get it put down. Didn't really answer my question and couldn't suggest anything else but the bleeding seems to have stopped now *touch wood* and I've cleaned the dried blood off of it's beak with a wet tissue. Baby magpie is now walked/hopping/attempting to fly around the bird room and my bedroom but is extremely uncoordinated. It will randomly call for food from time to time and I've been feeding it accordingly. It also just squawked AT me and my partner while we were staring at it. Now what do I do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 keep doing what your doing and check it for lice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxjxa Posted October 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 keep doing what your doing and check it for lice Should I worm him while I'm at it or would the wormer sting his beak? (I have the stuff that you add to water) Can I sex it or should I just call it "it" forever? :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 sexing is too early, yes worm it too don't forget to chew the spiders before you feed to the magpie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 If you feed it mince make sure it does not have sulphur dioxide preservative added or it will bring it all up all over the place. Butchers are not allowed to add it to minced meat but the odd one does as it makes the mince go a nice red colour. The easy way to test it is to add a little malachite green soln and if SO2 is present it will go from green to clear. I had a baby maggie and fed it minced meat and it turned into a volcanic eruption all over the kitchen floor. I had a few words with the butcher who then agreed to mince some prime steak for free while I watched. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxjxa Posted October 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 I don't need a volcano in my room so I'll watch out for the meat! Right now the magpie is sleeping on a towel on my lap. He's not very good at keep his balance while sleeping on a perch yet. He's so chilled out now! We're considering the name Oswald. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxjxa Posted October 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 Oswald just passed away in his sleep. We were sorting out which bed he would spend the rest of the night in (he was cuddled into my arm) when he stopped breathing. There was no blood, he didn't struggle, he just stopped breathing... We couldn't resuscitate him. I can't work out exactly why he died, but a closer look at his beak revealed that his bottom mandible was split right through from tip to base. Not very nice. Poor wee guy. :cry: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 Oswald just passed away in his sleep. We were sorting out which bed he would spend the rest of the night in (he was cuddled into my arm) when he stopped breathing. There was no blood, he didn't struggle, he just stopped breathing... We couldn't resuscitate him. I can't work out exactly why he died, but a closer look at his beak revealed that his bottom mandible was split right through from tip to base. Not very nice. Poor wee guy. :cry: Him being "Chilled out" would have been a big clue that he was practically dead. Birds are great at the "It's just a flesh wound!"*Dead* thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 Oh no ... at least he would have been comfy for his last few hours, at least you tried. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 Sorry about your loss but as a bit of an aside, does anyone know if it is possible to supa glue a split beak like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricketman Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 Sorry for your loss, like Ira said, birds are great for the *squawk squawk* *nothing* technique. @ alan :In my experience,(ok, so guessing basically) I dont see why not, super-glue was developed as "quick stitch" for the U.S army. think it would depend in the beak and the break though, you wouldnt want to get it inside the beak and end up glueing its tongue down. maybe something like epoxy would be better, just on the outside? it would probably peel off eventually, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 you wouldn't want to use super glue on the beak cause the fumes from the glue could make the bird blind and / or asphyxiate it. its pretty nasty. if it has to be use you need to use a mini vacuum to make sure the bird does not inhale the fumes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southerrrngirrl Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 Awww.. sounds like you did all you could. At least he died comfortably in warm snuggly towel, knowing that someone cared. So many animals aren't as lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted October 12, 2009 Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 Sorry for your loss, like Ira said, birds are great for the *squawk squawk* *nothing* technique. @ alan :In my experience,(ok, so guessing basically) I dont see why not, super-glue was developed as "quick stitch" for the U.S army. think it would depend in the beak and the break though, you wouldnt want to get it inside the beak and end up glueing its tongue down. maybe something like epoxy would be better, just on the outside? it would probably peel off eventually, too. I can't imagine you'd have an easy time getting a wild and relatively healthy bird to hold still while you sand and then smear some 5 min epoxy on it's beak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted October 12, 2009 Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 Sorry about your loss but as a bit of an aside, does anyone know if it is possible to supa glue a split beak like that? yes have done it before, young birds can mend but adult birds required some stainless steel wiring harder on a hookbeak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oeminx Posted October 12, 2009 Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 super-glue was developed as "quick stitch" for the U.S army. Its been used on my head a couple of time :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted October 12, 2009 Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 super-glue was developed as "quick stitch" for the U.S army. Its been used on my head a couple of time :oops: No, cyanoacrylates were developed in an attempt to make gun sights in the 1940s. That didn't work, but worked well as a glue. It wasn't used for medical uses until some 20 years later and then not in widespread medical use until the late 90s. Medical glues are a bit different chemically than superglue, standard superglue works ok but does irritate tissues a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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