First Aid for Birdie Bites

From one of our volunteers with experience being bitten by reptiles and birds:

1. Buy: large size bandaids, including knuckle and finger bandaids. Bottle of Bactine (tm) antiseptic.  Tube of triple antibiotic ointment (like Neosporin (tm)).

2. When bitten:
    - remove bird from the affected appendage
    - wash aching, bruised, and or bleeding hands with soap and water.  If you do it quickly enough, the pain won't have set in as much.
    - spray Bactine on the wounds.  It has Lidocaine in it and will immediately reduce much of the pain.
     - Bactine will slightly increase the bleeding for a minute,  but unless you're a hemophiliac, don't worry.  It will help clean out the wound.
    - After bleeding has slowed, clean and dry wounds, apply triple antibiotic ointment, and apply bandaids over ointment.
    - replace oitnment and bandaids until wounds have healed.  I think the ointment reduces scaring.

3. consume a glass of wine or two.  :) 

Being sure you have an up-to-date Tetanus booster is also not a bad idea in general if you're working around animals.   

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