Rescued Parrot With Damaged Beak Gets A Second Chance At Life With A New One [Video]

• A parrot with a badly damaged beak was rescued in Brazil.
• Rescue and rehabilitation team partnered with a vet to have him fitted with a prosthesis.
• Parrot can now use his beak normally but cannot be released back to the wild.  
• A bird uses its beak for almost everything— from eating, grooming, feeding their young, building nests, to weapons for defense.

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Once a beak is substantially damaged, a bird would have a difficult chance at survival.  But thanks to technology and medical advancement, one parrot has a new chance at life.

The rescued parrot in Brazil had a badly damaged beak.  His chances of survival were bleak.  But instead of just letting the bird live out his remaining life in peace, he was fitted with a prosthesis!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRR6e3olDqI

Renascer ACN, an animal rescue and rehabilitation center founded by Paulo Roberto Martins Nunziata took in the parrot. Paulo and his team were set on giving the bird a better quality of life.  So, they partnered with veterinarian Maria Ângela Panelli Marchió to solve the bird’s predicament.

Maria has been working with injured animals and especially good at making these animals mobile again with the help of plastic resin prostheses that she constructs. Not long after seeing the parrot, she had formulated a prosthetic beak for the bird!

Maria handmade a beak using a very durable material called polymethylmethacrylate.  Only a serious machinery will be able to remove it once it is attached.

They immediately set out to attach the beak through surgery and the moment they were done with it, the little avian was back to normal.

The little fella not just has a beak to show but it can do everything else that it used to do like climb, eat, clean his feathers, and everything that it needs the beak for!

Paulo said that the parrot is now living normally.  “However, it just can’t be returned to its natural habitat because even though the prosthesis is resistant, there’s a risk of it falling over time, as these animals use their beaks for everything,” Paulo added.

What a new lease on life! Thanks to veterinary medical advancement and to the rescuers.

Source: Inspire More