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Wagtails

  • 30-05-2019 03:28PM
    #1
    Comerman
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    Hi folks, I've two wagtails and one chick feeding in my back garden and I've noticed both birds have a deformed foot like they got caught in something, would anyone know what might have happened?


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  • #2
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    There is a warts type virus that birds can get on their feet. Or it could be an injury. But, if both birds have it, it sounds like a disease.


  • #3
    Comerman
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    Jessie Wooden Rabble wrote: »
    There is a warts type virus that birds can get on their feet. Or it could be an injury. But, if both birds have it, it sounds like a disease.
    Thanks for that Jessie Wooden Rabble, one has a perfect looking foot which he/she hops around and the other is turned in. The other one has just a stump on one and two toes on the other.


  • #4
    New Home
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    That looks a lot like the thing that pigeons get. The turned-in foot sounds either like a birth defect or an injury.


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