Unfortunate Accident

Lately, it has been eventful for Elmo... 

Just days after he was infected with Snot, he got into an accident. 

As usual, I took him with me to the garden that afternoon. 

I was watering the plants when I decided to propagate my Wizard Jade Coleus plant. By that time Elmo was still standing on my shoulder but all of a sudden he flew to my hand while I was cutting the stems of the plant using my garden sears. 

I was not aware that his finger had been cut until I saw some drops of blood on the floor.

Imagine how panicked I was! I checked his finger and blood started to flow out and his claw were wet so I was not really sure how deep the wound was. 

The first thing I do was washing his claw with water, dried it and put some Betadine solution over the wound. 

But his finger was still bleeding. 

 So, I called an Avian Vet who's been advertising his service on the newspaper. He was such a kind man. I thought I could bring Elmo to his clinic but he said I needn't to. He calmed me and guided me via telephone on what I should do.

Basically, I must clean the wound with alcohol solution and apply antiseptic and some anti-fungal cream. 

I bandaged his finger but he hated it and no matter what I did to stop him from removing it, he did eventually.

So I let his wounded finger opened but keep applying the betadine solution several times a day.

For days days he stood one-legged. That's because his wound is very close to the base of his middle finger, it must been sore. And for the first couple of days, he was not very comfortable sleeping inside her blanket because he literally bending his body while sleeping so I guess it's painful for him to do so. I often found him back on his perch or swing not long after I put him to bed. But praise God, his wound is not serious and he recovered within a week.