Birds attack emergency please help!?

Question

hi, i have a lovebird and an austrailian parrot living in the same cage(they have for the past 3 1/2 years) , they have never gotten in a fight, so i don't think they vdid this to themselves. since it's summer we have been putting them to sleep in the garage, since its easier to put them out in the shade during the day(we live upstairs so otherwise would have to carry them up and down) anyways last night i put them to sleep in their usual spot and this morning when i went to put them outside the cage was covered with feathers and drops of blood, the lovebird is missing feathersnear his tail and was stained with blood, the parrot is completely missing his right wing(completely off) but doesn't have any blood on him also his beak the top part is broken, what could have happened to them??? i think it could have been a mouse or rat. they seem fine now but i feel horrible

Answer 1

Please take them to the vet... Birds hide their pain... and they also will die if shock ...

Answer 2

My guess is a cat or a raccoon. You may not have seen any lately, but that does not mean that they arent there. Especially at night. They have their ways of getting into any if determined! As for a rat, or a mouse. I dont think so. Your parrot could easily kill them. I would suggest leaving your birds inside from now on. I never leave my birds outside just because of that reason. I have cats and raccoons all over my house. You really need to take your birds to the vet ASAP though.

Answer 3

It sounds like a cat attack to me...The poor babies.. :-(

Answer 4

First, take your birds to the vet. They will likely need to be put on antibiotics and the parrot will need to be treated. Birds die of shock very easily. The vet might also be able to help determine what happened.

I don't think a rat could take off a parrot wing so easily; remember, parrots can bite fingers off.

I'm wondering if maybe a raccoon may have done it. They're smart enough to open cages and can bite a wing off.

Answer 5

the birds (A Hitchchock)?

Answer 6

How can they possibly seem fine after that!?  How fine do you think you'd feel if you had your jaw broken and your arm ripped off?  Because that poor bird is in unimaginable pain from that (even if he's acting as normal as possible; birds hide feelings of unwellness) and will starve to death if you do nothing!  Take them both to the emergency vet right now; they are lucky to have survived that kind of attack at all and will not be around much longer without some serious medical care!  If they make it (honestly, I have more hope for the lovebird, but he needs emergency medical care as well), keep them in the house from now on and never put them outside unless they can be supervised the whole time.  

Lovebirds can be aggressive, but I'm not sure about their ability to rip off an entire wing and toss it where you can't find it!  It's likely another animal did attack and tear it off through the cage bars; that does happen.

Answer 7

first of all i am sorry!

looks like the garage is not going to be a good place to let them sleep anymore......sorry to say it....but they should not stay in there again.....You could leave their big cage down there empty....and keep a second cage upstairs with you for night time, just big enough for sleeping in.....all you would have to lift is the birds unless they are not tame and would bolt if outside......not sure of layout....just an idea.....

The feathers may have beed ripped off leaving what looks like a teeny stump or raw chicken wing.....if you see a stump like thing where his wing was that could be the wing stripped bald......i am just guessing because that's all i can do from here.....

What did the vet say about the injuries. Surely you took them when you saw the aftermath of the attack. It's very horrible and it's best they go. Birds hide illness and weakness out of instincts....poor things.

Not knowing what attacked them could cause them serious infections or bleeding to death...it could, it might.....

A cat or extreamly large rat. Something could of snuck in easily. Hard to say what. Just don't know what.....a mouse is too small the birds would of tore it in half first.....

You could have all of the blood stains tested to see if any of it belongs to the animal. The vet may be able to ID what got them from that.........very out there for an idea but worth a shot.

hope they get well soon. hope all goes well and no infections.

Answer 8

Wow.. well, regardless of how it happened, I think it's best to focus on the now and future..

As stated by someone else, get the birds to the vet now!  have them looked over to make sure no further damage was done.

Then, revisit your current practice of leaving them overnight in a garage.. Garages are NOT air or weather tight, so any rodent could easily gain access.  In addition, noises are more easily transferred, so even if NO animal gained access but instead smelled them and then clawed and howled, it would terrorize them and cause great stress, which can severely mentally damage and even physically harm your feathered friends.

Realize that you are their sole protector, so if it takes extra effort to keep them in the house with you, I'd easily sacrifice the time and effort..

Answer 9

Wow that is scary and sad. Is there any way a cat or raccoon could have gotten in? Where do you live country, city? Are they in a cage and was it off the ground? Was the cage damaged?

How are they doing now?