Beak Repair – No Duct Tape Required

“Dr. Food Truth” (AKA: Eric Marcotte) was quietly enjoying his morning coffee in our sun room when he was struck by the sound of something large hitting the glass window. He looked up to the sight of a feathery creature frantically scurrying on the lawn. “Should I wait for Mary to get home, or call her?” he pondered. Knowing how upset Dr. Mary would be, he decided to place the bird in a safe area and wait for her to get home.

Enter Dr. Mary: “Huuuuuuuhhhhhhh, oh no! Poor little ooddle boodle birdie booboo!” Yes, I said that – don’t judge me!!

Here is why:

Ouch! I drove Birdie Boo Boo (now referred to as Victor) to my clinic and quickly prepped the O.R.

I anesthetized him by using a large dog mask and he quickly fell asleep. Once he was peacefully snoozing, I examined his wounds under the surgery light and prepared a plan of action.

Here is what it looked like up close – oooouch!!!

The upper portion of the beak was bent at a 90 degree angle and stuck through the soft membranous portion of the lower beak. I was able to manually manipulate it back into position, and to my delight and surprise – it went back perfectly!I repaired the tear in the lower part of the beak with surgical glue (taking care not to glue my finger to his face – ha!). Birdie Boo Boo, I mean Victor, woke up, took one look at me, and bit my finger. That is when I new I had real success! 🙂

Victor was safely released back into the wild and so far has successfully avoided crashing into our sun room windows again.

Yay for happy endings!