My canary has a black spot on one leg? She keeps it up and hops on good leg.Spot was not there yesterday.help

Question

She does not have any drainage from her eyes and she looks healthy and acts normal. She just spends the day on the bottom to rest on both legs or on a perch on one leg.

Answer 1

Better safe than sorry take to vet for look at it.  

Answer 2

it could just be a bruise, or she could have gotten it stuck in the bars, and tried to fly off or something, and broken it, you might want to take her to the vet

Answer 3

I found this in an article about symptoms for a sick canary. The fact that she spends the day on the bottom says that there is something you need to be worried about. You need to take her to a vet ASAP.

You might want to take a look at the website, it might help you in other ways too. Here is the section I found so you can see if you see any other symptoms:

Do you have a sick canary?

Here are some more symptoms you should watch for...

excessive sleeping

sneezing

nasal discharge

heavy or rapid breathing

making a clicking sound

sitting on bottom of cage

tail bobbing

weight loss

diarrhea

pustules or sores

excessive scratching

If you notice any of these symptoms all you really know is that...

"You have a sick canary."