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First Aid For Your Bird - In Closing - Your Basic Bird First Aid Kit |
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This is the last article in our little "First Aid Kit / How To Perform Basic First Aid to Your Bird" series. As you know by now, there are a few things we can readily treat at home and with a good first aid kit for our bird, we can be ready for the minor emergency. Just don’t take things too far and try to “play doctor”...
The emergencies that I have provided instruction for home treatment above are those that are in the scope of a fairly inexperienced bird owner to be able to handle. Small problems such as broken blood feathers are not difficult for a novice to resolve. Other problems can be helped, but if the treatment fails, do not play with your bird’s health and think “tomorrow he’ll be better”. Tomorrow he may be dead!
Use the same prudence you would with your own child. Little cuts and scrapes, and minor bleeding are easily treated at home. Big cuts and major bleeding or no apparent progress in resolving the problem, then it’s time for the doctor. You have to use that same type of judgment with your bird. Ask yourself if this is in the scope of your ability to properly treat. If the answer is no, then go for professional help. If you are scared about treating the problem, ask a friend who is a bird person to help, but if none is available, go for professional help.
Common sense is the key to keeping your bird from needing to have first aid performed. But common sense also says that we should be prepared in the event a problem happens. I hope you never need to use the first aid kit you prepare. But in most likelihood, there will be a few occasions, especially with blood feathers or clipped toes, that you will find this information and the contents of that inexpensive to prepare first aid kit lifesaving for your bird. You will sleep better at night knowing that an untoward, but simple mishap won’t leave you panicked and unprepared.
We hope you have learned some techniques that will prepare you for an emergency should it occur. If so, we have accomplished our goal with this special report. If you wish to delve more deeply into animal medical care, there is a wealth of information of how veterinarians treat problems and how bird experts handle emergencies, remember to avoid trying to “play doctor”. Serious injury and trauma are outside the scope of this special report. But, the information you find on this website could truly save your bird’s life.
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 23 December 2006 )
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