Pox

This morning, I got bit by our education raven on the lip. I grabbed him to put him on the table but he is smart and quick. He managed to give me a nice cut that bled for most of the day and my lip is now a little bit swollen and bruised. It hurts.

The bad news is that both our crow and raven have avian pox. This is a virus birds get from a biting insect that causes lesions on the non-feathered parts of a birds body. Usually, corvids get over the virus without too much issue in a fairly short period of time. We can't do too much to speed along healing since it a virus, we just have to make sure the sores do not get infected. We have put in additional protocols to limit the possibility that we spread it to our other birds since it is contagious.

Fingers crossed they heal quickly!

Mob the crow

 P.S. - Don't worry, I can't come down with avian pox. I did however fill out an injury report form just in case my lip gets infected or I get sick because of the bite.