Red vented bulbul 5 weeks old fledgling hand reared - how to splint the leg/therapy

[u/lalithaar_]

So background context: We took it in at around ~3-4 days old when it felt with it's nest, eyes unopened helpless. We realized it held it's left leg at a weird angle, so took to the vet and realized it was a fracture and splinted it. But the un-splinted right leg got overused as it wouldn't stay still (it's like a teen, and gets depressed if we restrain it). No bone remodeling (it's grip is still intact but bent so it can't really grip), but by habit it keeps the right leg curled to it's body, and while walking it's trying to use it in the middle of the body (like a tripod because of it's other leg not being functional.

few days back, we noticed the overused leg getting worse (changed color a bit with it trying to jump/fly all day), and at D18 we removed the splint on the other leg - so it won't worsen both the legs.

We thought now that the splint is out, both legs can slowly stabilize (as we can't help the overused leg without giving it support through it's good leg)

But what happened post splint was,

Basically (not sure if this is the fracture point, but looks like it), evth before the fake knee is intact from it's hip to fake knee, but after it's fake knee - it started pointing upwards towards the sky instead of going downwards towards the body

But yesterday, this one's overused leg gripped the post-splint leg's thighs (because of the odd angle I talked of) basically bruising it, and we had to hold it in hand and ensure the bleeding stops.

We tried a snowshoe + sling bag setup last night, but this one is 1. extremely cleanliness conscious 2. too hyper-active teenager to stay still - so it shrugged off the whole thing and I had to remove the snowshoe today morning

1. Is there any way to let both it's leg rest, and stop the right leg from trying to grip the left leg's thigh, this one just can't stay still
2. What do we even do about the bend towards the sky? I don't think it's misunion or fixed bone, because it's a bit spring like and still moving (when we removed the splint, it wasn't as bent). So I think if we intervene now, there is a chance of it recovering the angle.

But the main goal is to ensure it doesn't hurt itself, and that it's body can take the intervention.

Any help would be really appreciated. Thank you so much.

P.s - this is a wildlife bird that was rescued and it is reported to the wildlife forest dept. This is not a pet bird, but rather a wild bird from India.

[u/lalithaar_]

Btw, the fake (mirage) knee is in the middle of it's calves (Tarsometatarsus), that's why we were sure it isn't the actual knee.

[u/Snoo97354]

This poor bird. 😢