Deformed toe options?

[Pajarita]

Missing nails is nothing, Brandon, but I doubt the bird was born that way, most likely, he lost them somehow.

As to the baby lovie with the broken toe, you really have no options, my dear, it needs to go to an avian vet asap (you already waited too long, I am thinking, because is not getting good circulation -that purple color would worry me something terrible!- so it will eventually end up with a sore that will get infected). It either needs to be splintered right (which would meant the entire foot, actually, so I don't suggest you try to do it yourself) or amputated because you can't leave a toe under the foot like that forever, the bird would never be able to perch right or lock its tendons to sleep at night with it - and that will affect the entire foot and leg muscles and tendons.

There is always a risk when you breed birds, especially if you are not very knowledgeable - so many things can go wrong...

[ParrotsForLife]

Pajarita I had Mango in the vet and he was examined and she said it looks like he was born that way because of the way his toe looks like it doesn't look like a nail was growing from there.

[bheart80]

I had one born like that years ago. No nails on any toes. Toes otherwise normal. Never happened again with them or anyone.

[ParrotsForLife]

I had one born like that years ago. No nails on any toes. Toes otherwise normal. Never happened again with them or anyone.

He has two missing nails and he is over a year old so I would think he was born like that because sometimes their parents chew them off and if that happened to him they would have grown back by now unless its completely broken that it cant regrow.

[Wolf]

I can't say about birds as I have no experience with their breeding, however my research suggests that there are many genetically inferior birds on the market as well as in the breeding programs due to the focus on developing new color combinations to the exclusion of stronger, healthier birds. I am familiar with horse breeding, however and even though the nomenclature is different the principles of genetics are pretty much the same, Horses have been bred for color, speed, stamina and size to the exclusion of the horse being a stronger, healthier animal, which is referred to as hybrid vigor, and in all of these cases the feet suffer the most causing many hoof deformities and weaknesses, I would expect that the first things affected by the genetic manipulation in birds would also be the feet and possibly the beak and then the feathers. So missing toes or nails could easily be the result of the breeding programs in use today.