my parrot has injured his leg

[sharda]

hey everyone,
i have alexandrine baby parrot. he has completed his weaning process few days ago and is learning to fly. yesterday night he flew but fell down(as he used to) but i saw that he was not able to walk properly. he scratches his head and holds things lightly by his injured foot. i prepared his hospital bed and put him in that bed for night( although he hates it and tries to come out and fly again and again). today morning i saw a little progress. he puts light pressure on that leg and usually curls up his toes nd stretches nd scratches. has he broken his leg?? there is no swelling nothing at all. he wants to be on his usual play stand. please help i m very worried about him.
thanks in advance
anyone online??

[JaydeParrot]

When you say hosptial bed what do you mean, what is that hospital bed like? Parrots don't like and generally refuse to sleep in a lying down position (it leaves them easy an easy target as prey).

If you're worried about your bird I'd advise taking him to a vet, though if you'd rather not, here are a few things you can do to decide how his foot is.

Wrap him in a towel (or just hold him on his back if he's tame enough) and 'very' gently rub the foot and leg with your fingers in a light massage to see if he reacts in any pained way (though admittedly parrots can hide pain well).

Try to get him to grip your finger with his foot and then gently try to pull your finger away, without anything to hold the bird will naturally not want to let go of his 'perch' and cling on tightly if his foot is ok and strong enough.

By the sound of it, if he's scratching his head and holding things with his foot then his foot isn't broken, just prehaps a little sore, parrots do tend to stand on one foot only when content or sleepy.

Make sure you check each individual toe when he grips though, one toe could be broken whilst the others could be fine.
If problems persist go to a vet.

For anyone who thinks I should have just said 'go to a vet', my Sennie, Hide, is always bumping into things and getting into trouble, if I never checked him over and just took him to the vets everytime he fell or got hurt we'd be practically living there, (the vet checked Hide over and reckoned that his cluminess was down to neurological trouble and concluded that there was nothing wrong with his eyes).

[liz]

They twist muscles and get bruises like we do. If I took mine to the vet every time I saw something that looked wrong I would just have to live there. Just like a toddler, keep an eye on him to make sure it was just a boo boo.

[Wolf]

I would check him over as advised by JaydeParrot and if everything seemed to be ok I would also check to see if I could feel any hot spots on the leg and foot and see if the leg moves correctly as well. If at any point things do not seem right then consider a visit to the vet. If everything appears to be ok then put him back in his cage and maybe even pad the bottom of it just in case and keep an eye on him.

[Pajarita]

If he is using the foot and only favoring it, he just bruised or sprained it and he will be OK but keep an eye on him, just in case. And put the perches low to the floor of the cage so he doesn't have to climb to get to them.

[Wolf]

Just checking, how is the birds leg doing?