Yesterday I noticed one of my black-cheek zebra finch males sitting on the perch in a strange manner. Upon closer inspection, I saw that he wasn't using one of his feet properly, so I caught him to see what was wrong. He had some kind of fine black hair wrapped around his toes, binding them together!
With Robert's help, I managed to get him untangled and cut free. The foot is swollen and he's still not using it properly, but it has good color and there are no visible injuries or irritation. I hope it's just sore. Poor little guy. :-(
The black hair had to have been mixed in with a bag of nesting materials I'd bought. It was much darker than Robert's or my hair (ours is both light brown). Hair isn't supposed to be in a bag of nesting material at all, for that exact reason. Looks like I'll be throwing that bag out!
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