Broken talon

[herefordian 11]

Came home this evening to find that my female harris has snapped off her middle front talon on her left foot, she was tethered to bow perch as normal so how shes done it god only knows?? Ive cleaned it up best i could and put iodine on it to stop infection. My question is will it grow back theres about 3-4 mm left! also will it effect her whilst hunting? any advice greatly received

[mickmck 716]

Came home this evening to find that my female harris has snapped off her middle front talon on her left foot, she was tethered to bow perch as normal so how shes done it god only knows?? Ive cleaned it up best i could and put iodine on it to stop infection. My question is will it grow back theres about 3-4 mm left! also will it effect her whilst hunting? any advice greatly received

 

 

hello mate , ive had my bird out today and she has taken half her talon off gripping a rabbit through a fence , now she did the same last season and it grew back really well , i had a feild first aid kit today so was able to treat her with some potassium premanganate witch stopped the bleading , so hopefully she will heal ok again . would like to hear what others say about it

[stoaty1 35]

Hello there. Mine have managed to do this twice in their careers. On both occassions the talon grew back and it is just as strong but it will take most of the moult for it to match the others. If its just taken off the outer black sheath and left the inner white core showing I would feed her up and call an end to the season as any knocks may start it bleeding again. If the whole thing is broken off give her a bit of time for it to heal over and then its up to you whether you fly her again this season.

Regards

Ian

[mickmck 716]

Hello there. Mine have managed to do this twice in their careers. On both occassions the talon grew back and it is just as strong but it will take most of the moult for it to match the others. If its just taken off the outer black sheath and left the inner white core showing I would feed her up and call an end to the season as any knocks may start it bleeding again. If the whole thing is broken off give her a bit of time for it to heal over and then its up to you whether you fly her again this season.

Regards

Ian

 

 

well mine has taken the outer shell off with the white bit showing , so could be an early bath for her ?

[madmackie 11]

Hi ive been flying harris's for 14 years if the talon has broken off and either has or hasnt taken away the outer sheath its time for an early bath i say this as if the bird knocks it again and damages the core or the bed the talon might never grow back.To be fair the weather is bad and the ground is frozen well at least where i am it is and i usually put my birds up at the end of jan so to me you havent lost much flying time but i would always air on the side of caution so for what its worth feed her up for next year and let it grow back good luck pete

[mickmck 716]

Came home this evening to find that my female harris has snapped off her middle front talon on her left foot, she was tethered to bow perch as normal so how shes done it god only knows?? Ive cleaned it up best i could and put iodine on it to stop infection. My question is will it grow back theres about 3-4 mm left! also will it effect her whilst hunting? any advice greatly received

 

 

ive been treating mine with germoline new skin , you can get it in boots . keep applying lots of thin layers and build it up over a few days , worked a treat on mine and she is out flying after a week .cheers mick

[sab 0]

Came home this evening to find that my female harris has snapped off her middle front talon on her left foot, she was tethered to bow perch as normal so how shes done it god only knows?? Ive cleaned it up best i could and put iodine on it to stop infection. My question is will it grow back theres about 3-4 mm left! also will it effect her whilst hunting? any advice greatly received