I just took this photo this afternoon, as you can see Craow Dum's maxilla beak is gone.
This a photo of Craow Dum taken about two months ago. He still has some of his top beak although it was fracturing off bit by bit.
Here is a photo of Craow Dum at about 2-3 months old. His beak was rotten but he still had 3/4th of it.
Poor Craow Dum.
He endured his morning routine of having his feet washed and his nares (nose) cleaned of seeds and debris. I put him in his cage so I could go do an errand.
When I came back his entire upper beak (what was left of it) fell off on top of his sleepy blanket. Not that the remaining beak that was there helped him eat or groom but the bald face broken nothingness that causes his tongue to hang out and his nares to drip mucus, stares at you.
He looks just awful.
I filled his food dish and water dish up to the top to see if he could still eat and drink on his own.
Slowly, even with difficulty, he still could feed and drink by himself.
Oddly, he doesn't seem act any differently. He wanted his spot on the couch and had a 'bust-a-move' tantrum when the other birds were milling around on "his" spot tearing up the sunday paper.
The portion of the beak that splintered off looked and felt like wood rather than bone. There was a bit of sponginess to it. I think at this point it might be time to bring him to the vet for a check up and evaluation. Hopefully, so long as he still can eat on his own he'll be OK.
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