My budgie was bitten by a cat. What to do immediately for the bite?

Thanks for reaching out about Ettienne. Cat bites are notorious for being dirty and causing infections. Systemic antibiotics are required as topicals will not penetrate into wounds. A veterinary visit must be scheduled for tomorrow, if an emergency veterinary clinic is not available this evening (preferred). Monitor appetite and activity. Good luck.

My best recommendation is for you to find an avian veterinarian. If there are none in your area you may be able to find one at a nearby teaching hospital/vet school or a specialty/referral center. You may also want to try calling the store where you got Pepa and see if they can refer you to an avian veterinarian. In the meantime, it is good that you were able to stop the bleeding. Continue to monitor Pepa and keep her warm and encourage her to eat. Hopefully the wound was just superficial and won’t cause any issues. You can also try putting a small amount of triple antibiotic ointment on the wound to help prevent infection. I hope this helps. Let us know if you have any additional questions. Best of luck!

It would be best to try and get your bird into a vet as soon as you can. In the meantime, cleaning any wounds and keeping them free of dirt and debris, and keeping your bird from pecking at it can help prevent infection of the wounds. Keeping your bird warm, with low perches in case he falls, and easy access to food and water may also help until he can get into your vet.

It sounds like he needs to be seen by a vet for treatment. The bite may have injured his neck/wing and/or he may have an infection secondary to the bite. A vet can take an xray to see if anything is fractured and prescribe an antibiotic, if needed to treat an infection. The fact that he is crawling around the cage and not eating is very concerning so please have a vet take a look at him as soon as possible. Also, keep him separated from the other bird so this doesn't happen again.

It would be best to remove your male budgie and thoroughly clean the wound/stop the bleeding with pressure. You can then place him into a hospital cage to allow the wound to heal/keep an eye on it without your female picking at it further. Once healed, you can then start to reintroduce both birds back into the same cage. Adding in extra food, water, perches, toys, etc can help decrease competition over resources which may help decrease fighting as well. If the foot is at all bothersome, Tweety can't place weight on it, or the wound appears infected, having a vet take a look in person to treat, clean and prescribe any medications is best.

Absolutely yes, infections are a concern and immediate antibiotic treatment needs to be started. I would strongly recommend to take him to your local vet to have it prescribed and have the fracture assessed.

Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! It seems like you have done about everything you can to get her to improve at home. At this point, she really needs to see a veterinarian for further assessment and treatment. They can check what the extent of the injuries may be to try to get her to improve. Keep in mind that dog on bird attacks can result in a lot of trauma. Best of luck!