So, “Bird”, my 18 year old white-faced cockatiel was roaming around his perch this afternoon when I noticed something shine when the sun hit his beak. That’s not ‘sposed to happen. I grabbed bird around the body – which he hates of course – and took a closer look. O… M… G. A staple. A big ass staple going from the bottom beak to the chin. Husband was working on the dish network at the time and just happened to have a needle-nose plier handy. We determined that the staple was not attached to the skin outside the lower beak, but was impaled inside the lower beak. He used the needle-nose to straighten and release the staple from said lower beak. Husband did notice a spot of blood inside the bottom jaw/beak area. I’ve made an appointment with the Bird Doc tomorrow afternoon for a quick visit and possible antibiotic treatment if deemed necessary.

Note: Birds like to chew on, well, everything, especially paper products and I’m always quick to oblige bird to make him happy! If you don’t make him happy he squawks LOUD. I’m trying to think… maybe he got a hold of an advertisement that comes staples together? I dunno. But, I’m going to try to be a bit more on top of things. Did I mention I have 3 birds? Hard to stay on top of things!