Whats the craziest home treatment you've ever done ??
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 12:02 am
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.
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.
