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absolutTink
Egg
Joined: 21 Nov 2005
Posts: 15
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| EMERGENCY POSSIBLE POISONING--Please Help!!! : ( |
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as some of u may remember i work at a pet store and there is a bird there that im ridiculously attached to. i took him out today after the store was closed (as i often do) while i was sweeping and whatnot and completely forgot that i had a pen in my hair. he being the curious and chewy conure that he is of course bit off the tip and got blue ink all over the back of my neck, my hair, my shirt...and in his mouth  we called poison control and two different vets and they all told us that it wasnt a large enough amount to be lethal, but to monitor his droppings and make sure hes eating. we left him with lots of millet (which he happily ate, the only one that seemed to be completely unaffected by the situation) and rinsed out his mouth as best we could. unfortunately i couldnt stay with him through the night to check up on him, but ill be there at 6am tomorrow. is there anything else i can do? has anyone gone through a similar situation? thanks in advance 
hes about 5 months old and is a gold capped conure if that makes any difference |
Saturday December 17, 2005 4:34 am |
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shells picasso
Flier
Joined: 29 May 2005
Posts: 900
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Picasso did that to one of my pens, I caught him licking up the ink  I don't think he swallowed any and I rinsed his beak, he had not ill affects |
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Saturday December 17, 2005 11:53 am |
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Cathy
Kamikaze pilot
Joined: 02 Apr 2005
Posts: 6673
Location: Omaha, NE USA |
Hmmmm, I don't know what more you, or anyone else could do either. Hopefully, he just didn't actually ingest much & will be OK. Let us know how he's doing! |
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Saturday December 17, 2005 2:32 pm |
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shirin
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Joined: 27 Apr 2005
Posts: 7402
Location: Canada, Toronto |
My Grey did the same thing with one of my pens too. And it was on a Sunday  so my vet was closed. She had blue inside her beak and all over her tongue. I called an emergency vet who's not an avian vet, and they told me that they could flush out her beak if I wanted, but I didn't go, because from my past experience with them, they don't even know how to hold a bird. Anyway, it turned out that the ink didn't affect her at all and she was totally fine after. So don't worry  |
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Saturday December 17, 2005 3:29 pm |
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absolutTink
Egg
Joined: 21 Nov 2005
Posts: 15
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thanks a lot everyone! 
when i came in to see him this morning his beak and tongue were back to normal and he was hanging upside down and playing like his normal cheerful self. looks like hes going to be just fine 
was quite a scare he gave me though!!! |
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Sunday December 18, 2005 5:16 am |
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Cathy
Kamikaze pilot
Joined: 02 Apr 2005
Posts: 6673
Location: Omaha, NE USA |
Oh, I'm sure it was scary! I'm glad to hear that he's OK! |
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Sunday December 18, 2005 2:45 pm |
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Cheeta
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Joined: 06 Apr 2005
Posts: 7972
Location: Australia |
Hi, sorry for the late reply... but I'm glad to hear that the conure is doing ok.
Just for your information, pen ink these days are made from child safe non-toxic ink, so it really shouldn't affect the bird too much if they happen to ingest some while playing with a pen. |
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Monday December 19, 2005 12:34 pm |
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Fluffy Sue
Joined: 13 Jan 2005
Posts: 10088
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Sorry for my terrible late reply: I haven't been online much..
I'm glad to hear that the bird is doing ok.. |
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Saturday December 31, 2005 4:46 pm |
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