Spike hurt his foot

[xxxSpikexxx]

Spike decided to jump on my key board. His toe got stuck :( And he scraped the skin on one toe :eek: It is not bleeding but it is a good bit of skin scraped up :( Do you think it should heal ok? Or does he need some antibiotic cream for it from the vet? He is making little pain noises :( I put him on the floor to make sure he could walk ok. So I don't think he broke any toes. Should I just wait a few days to see how he is? Right now he is preening in his cage.

[Laura]

Poor Spike :( I would give it a day or two, just make sure it doesn't swell or get really red and he should be ok.

[xxxSpikexxx]

He sticks his foot up in his feathers :( I will give it a few days. He is having a really bad week :(

[Laura]

I was just thinking that poor Spike hopefully this week ends quickly and he has a better one next week.

[Aly]

Poor little baby! He must be having a clumpsy tiel week. If you think he needs it you can coat it lightly with a little cream like neosporin. The vet had me do that when Ziggy was all banged up.

[xxxSpikexxx]

Thanks for the tip :) He took a while to get comfortable in his cage, but I think he has settled in for the night :)

[Bea]

My guys seem to do that occasionally too, they jump around like something's tried to murder them but go back to normal after a short while. I think Spike will be fine.

[xxxSpikexxx]

Spike seems alot better today :D He is now do do doing :p Iam going to keep an eye on the toe still. It looks the someone tried to grab a hunk of his skin under is toe and pulled it down ( the little bit of skin just before the toenail) But so far today he does not seem to care :)

[Kfontan]

Glad to hear that Spike is doing better.

Maybe it was more the trauma than anything else?

I hope he has a better week.

[xxxSpikexxx]

I came home from work and now there is a bit of a cut on the top of his same toe :( Iam going to keep an eye on it. I don't know if he picked it or scraped it on his cage bars :confused:

[Kfontan]

Maybe the Neosporin like Aly suggested would help.

Poor little guy.

[Aly]

Just wash the area lightly with some warm water and dry it. Then apply a little neosporin to help it heal faster and prevent infection.

[Sophia]

If he will let you wash it, then dry it, then put cream on it! I know Earl wouldn't he would fly off, or if I had him in a towel, he would probably bite me through it! :)

Hope Spike gets better!

[xxxSpikexxx]

I was wondering what an infected cut looks like on a tiel? Is it yellow like people get sometimes? Iam worried about him scratching himself and them preening neosporin off his feathers. I might call the vet tommorow and ask some questions. It looks sore but Spike does not seem to even remember that there are two cuts on his toe.