injured wing

Question
We left the cage open by mistake last night and my yellow canary injured his wing.  Looks like maybe our little dog might have nipped her wing.  She has some blood on the top of her wing but when we checked her there is no sign the wing is broken.  What kind of antiseptic can I use to treat her wound?  Thank you

Answer
You need to get this bird to a vet asap.  If you don't already have an avian vet, you can search for one in your area at these websites:

http://www.birdsnways.com/articles/abvpvets.htm

http://www.parrotpro.com/avianlst.htm

and

www.aav.org

I hope this helps, and I hope that the vet can examine the wing to make sure nothing is wrong and clean up the wound properly so that is doesn't get worse.

-Maggie