A protective shoe for birds accommodate toes and/or pads of a birds foot and includes a shoe body having an upper surface and a sole, and defining bird toe covers corresponding in number to the number of front toes of the birds foot. An ankle cuff is connected to the shoe body and has an ankle closure system formed to secure about an ankle of the birds foot. A closure tab is connected to the shoe body and has a closure system formed to tighten the shoe body to the birds foot.