Whats the craziest home treatment you've ever done ??

[fwc]

I figured this could be an interesting topic...

Also please ,no flaming.


I'll start. The craziest thing I've ever done was cut a birds leg off.

We had a St.Helenas Waxbill at the store (I was working at a pet store at the time) that had a dead leg. We spent a couple of months seeing how he could do with it ,however it was constantly in the way ,not letting him perch ,throwing him off balance ,and collecting poop. Lots of poop.

So finally ,something had to be done. Me and my co-workers all agreed to it ,however I was the only one willing to do it.

We caught him up ,swabbed his little leg off with alcoholic swabs ,and prepared the leg chopper (a sharp pair of cat nail clippers) with a single deft crunch ,his leg came off. He did not feel a thing ,he reacts more when he gets his nails trimmed ,and the leg was 100% dead ,dry tissue. After a little touch up to round off the stump (about 90% of the leg was removed) he was released back into the colony. It took him a few days to get used to keeping his balance again ,however you could see his quality of life was so much better. He was much more active ,brighter looking ,and the perfect symbol of health (minus one leg) Its something I do not regret doing ,and would do again without a second thought in the same situation.

[30 Seconds to Bob]

This doesn't involve birds, but once I had to give the heimlich maneuver to my four pound pomeranian dog who keeled over choking on a piece of hot dog. I stood him up, reached under his belly with my fingertips and sharply pressed upward where the ribs come together. After several tries, the hot dog came flying out.

Also, a couple of months ago, I accidently aspirated baby leopard gecko I was hand feeding with chicken baby food. It went completely limp and lifeless for about ten minutes and I was about to make burial arrangements. The whole time though, I continued to give mouth to nose resusitation, blowing air into his nostrils. After fifteen minutes, a twitch, then a wiggle, then walking around again like nothing happened. Pretty awesome feeling in both cases! Bob

[lyzzyjayne]

A "WOW" to fwc and a cheer to Bob! Awesum stories! My cat chewed thru a live elctric cord and his hair,eyes and limbs popped out like a cartoon. I gave his mouth to snout and he came back to life too.