KJ> I'm sorry to hear this--I hope they can save the leg! What did she get
 KJ> her band caught on?
It had to be on the wire. There are no toys in for my breeder birds. She had 
gotten the leg out by the time I arrived.
 KJ> I've never had a problem with them with any of the kids here, even the
 KJ> ones that were/are open-banded. I even had open-banded ringnecks in one
It only takes once, Kathy. You are fortunate. But the next time you see your 
vet ask how many cases she/she has seen...if they lived to get there.
 KJ> 'too belonging to a friend. He got his open band caught in a frayed rope
 KJ> toy (dumb owner...) requiring THREE people to hold him down and cut off
This is one of the things that I don't understand. If we know, or even think 
that a toy is potentially dangerous we avoid it like the plague and tell 
everyone we know about the dangers. About 8 years ago, I lost a cockatiel to 
a 
band. I immediately removed all the bands off all my birds. Now a days is 
d_____  if you do, d_____ if don't.
We had a vet visit yesterday...120 miles round trip. The vet was surprised 
and 
pleased at how well she is doing. However, she will lose the foot. All I can 
hope is that I don't faint when I remove her bandage, changed daily, and her 
foot falls off in my hand. I change the bandage, give her her shot and feed 
her a mixture of peanut butter, baby yogart, and spirolina. I think that the 
spirolina has really made a difference.
This sweet girl has been a real trooper. She has never tried to attack my 
hand, even takes food from my fingers and allows me to touch her beak. She 
will not be put back with her mate, who is constantly calling for her. I will 
make a special cage for her outside and bring her in in the winters.
It makes me sick to see such a thing happen, which wouldn't have happened if 
it weren't for bands. Enough said.
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