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Expert: Christopher Emory - 3/24/2011


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my rainbow attack my budgie whilst in his cage, Al noted that his nail had blood on it Al have been bathing the foot. The nail has gone black and is falling off.The budgie is still getting around fine should Al cut the nail or just leave it there is no infection .

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Karen,

At this point it would probably be good to go ahead and cut the nail off. It would really be no issue unless he gets his nail caught on something in the cage and causes his foot to bleed again. Cutting the nail would prevent a new injury from occuring to the same toe/foot because of it.

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Christopher Emory

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I am comfortable in answering all questions related to birds and the housing of them. I am not qualified or trained in diagnosis of sick or injured animals. Some illnesses require a workup by a vet's office in order to properly identify the illness or injury.

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I have been successfully raising and caring for Finches, Parakeets and Cockatiels for over 15 years. While I have no formal training or education, I have spent countless hours researching and caring for birds of different species.

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