How To Care For Bird With Broken Leg. Step 1 Restrain the bird by wrapping it in a towel. Bleeding can be stopped by placing some clean cloth not towelling over the wound and apply firm pressure for about 5 minutes.
Buz Marthaler co-founder of the Wild Life Rehabilitation Center of North Utah suggests treating the situation with the same urgency you would if a child had fractured an arm or leg suffered head trauma or was bitten by an animal. If possible pick it up with some of the tissue or paper towel. Fill it with some leaves and papertowel napkins or thick toilet paper.
Here are some action steps for getting the bird the care it needs.
Wrap it in a pain-free bandage as found in any pharmacy. Catch the bird quickly and confidently immediately immobilizing the limb with the suspected fracture against the birds body. An important diagnostic modality we use to make an accurate diagnosis on a bird with a fractured broken leg is radiography more commonly known as x-rays. If you find an injured bird carefully put it in a cardboard box with a lid or a towel over the top and place in a cool safe place.