FW>Three guesses. She got her d_____ band caught and mutilated the leg. Dr.J.
FW>couldn't do the surgery to remove the foot bacause of the loss of blood
FW>causing ememia. The joint was swelling, trying to reject the foot.
I'm sorry to hear this--I hope they can save the leg! What did she get
her band caught on?
FW>In my opinion, the worse preditor to captive birds is the band that they
FW>wear.
FW>I would like to get stastics on how many legs have been removed, or how 
many
FW>birds have died because of them...and on, and on, and on.
I've never had a problem with them with any of the kids here, even the
ones that were/are open-banded. I even had open-banded ringnecks in one
of those nylon mesh netting Ecotone cages for 7 months with NO band
problems at all. I was testing the cage, and actually almost HOPED for
problems to occur...nothing happened.
The ONLY band problem I've even seen personally was a wild-caught Goffin
'too belonging to a friend. He got his open band caught in a frayed rope
toy (dumb owner...) requiring THREE people to hold him down and cut off
the rope so we could untangle his foot. He limped for a couple days, and
his foot bruised, but he was fine within a week.
--Kathy
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