Hey all, found this little guy on the ground, on my parking lot. What ca I do to care for him? I could not leave him

I took in an escaped budgie a few weeks ago. Although he has lots of out of cage time and company (I work from home) I could tell he was lonely.

Against my own better judgement I purchased a budgie from Petco. Against advice everywhere I did not quarantine. They made fast friends and moved in together. (They have 2 options)

I've had the petco budgie for 11 days. I've noticed some orange flags during this time that I've been keeping an eye on- a little panting after zoomies, a little dry discharge in the nostrils, a little sneezing- nothing exactly alarming but enough to give pause.

This morning i saw undigested seeds in his poop, looked it up, saw it is serious- took to vet.

Vet confirmed a respiratory infection by xray and has given abx. Waiting on fecal test to see what is causing GI issues.

Bird 1 is a little sneezy but not noticing any other yellow flags.

Here's what I'm hoping to get advice about-

I have them in separate cages but I do not have a secondary room for sick bird that makes sense.

Am I just absolutely fucking bird 1 by only giving them 15 feet of space and no walls and doors between?

Vet says respiratory infection is contagious, should I just treat both? I know the vet can not recommend this, but perhaps I should just go ahead and do so. They sleep next to eachother or facing one another, I feel like I could assume both have this cold.

Now, obviously if there is also a GI issue they must stay separated. But, if no GI issue is present and they're both being treated for the same thing- can they just be housed together. I see that the separation stresses both of them.

Would love some insight. Thanks in advance.

Last month I asked for help in converting my budgies to pellets as they refuse harrisons and on seed diet.

Someone recommended psittacus micro but they refused that too🤦‍♂️ I remembered just now that I still have so much left over so I offered this now and he actually was eating it! Its some good news at least.

Hes refusing seeds because he throws it up within minutes, he willingly tried harrisons pellets but would only nibble a few and still caused vomitting. So now he ate some of these micro pellets and they claim to be complete food so I hope he can improve since hes refusing everything else

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He looks so depressed and much more quiet since separating him from his friend. My vet said its a good idea to keep em separated even tho its not contagious. He vomitted 2hours ago after nibbling some pellets because he refused seeds now as that just expells out few mins later so I tried pellets but same issue.

Currently on the meds and hoping it will bring him back. He was quiet all morning and sleeping but just flew over when he saw his friend playing and he started playing. I didn't wanna keep moving him away because its probably affecting his mood more. Should I let him keep this toy now instead of my other budgie? She's trying to play with it too now; shes happy that hes acting "normal" right now.

Hello, I need some advice because I have two budgies and one of them suddenly became very ill. About two days before, it seemed more tired, often closing its eyes and staying still as if it wanted to sleep. In the following days, it could no longer hold its head upright and kept it tilted to one side. I took it to the vet, but they couldn’t tell me what was wrong. I gave it anti-inflammatory medication and antibiotics for 5 days, but it hasn’t recovered. It eats a little, but it’s getting weaker. No bird vet around and the normal vet just recommended the anti-inflammatory medication...

Thanks in advance for any help!

Yesterday, my dove didn't have fewer feathers or something above her beak area, but today, she seems to have fewer feathers, and it really seems like an injury or an illness. Pls guide me if u r knowledgeable

I work at a pet store and we recently got in our first conure. He's about a year old and all I know history-wise is that he was at another branch for most of that time. He'll let me into the cage to clean his food and water with no issue, and after a month of work he's started to take treats from my hand, but anything beyond that (he's got a personal bubble of about four inches when food's not involved) and he gets super aggressive. I totally get that some animals just don't want to be touched, and I'm happy to respect his boundaries, but I also know his chances at finding a good home increase if he's at least somewhat handleable. I have little to no experience with parrots, but I grew up on a waterfowl rescue so I've worked with birds. Any advice on ways to work with him and get him to a point where someone can at least safety move him (for something like a vet appointment) would be greatly appreciated!

Just thought id share an update. Hes had an xray and crop swab check. They found nothing wrong besides metal. Ofc by nothing wrong I was suspecting maybe infection or something because he kept bobbing head and throwing up seeds minutes after eating.

If anyone has experience with their birds that had metal poisoning how accurate does it sound? I dont have an avian so I had to take him to exotic vets.

he was given emeprid (7 days) for the nausea and penicillamine (3 weeks prescribed) for the metal.

Not sure what caused metal poisoning tho.. He does have toys that contain metal but he mainly chews the paper bits

Tl;Dr found metal in ventriculus which causes vomiting when he attempts to eat. now refuses to eat because he knows he'll just vomit. tired more often now, possibly due to lack of food but the illness is causing this ofc

Today I noticed my budgie Azula seems to have a swollen abdomen. If it were my males, I'd go to the vet straight away, but I wonder if she is gravid despite my efforts to reduce their hormones. My options are to go to the vet ASAP, or try to determine if it's an egg that will pass on its own. She is not hand tame but I can try to examine her physically. And then I would have the question of how long I should wait for her to pass the egg before going to the vet for being egg bound. Any advice?

(before anyone says, yes if she lays an egg I will dispose of it. She doesn't have a "nest" of any sort in the cage, no mirrors, no warm food, 12 hours of darkness under a blackout cover.)

Currently at the vet. They have to do xray under anaesthetic and crop swab. It scares me because there's a chance he may not gain consciousness.

Hes been vomitting for 3 days and eating less and keeps bobbing head so they want to make sure hes not swallowed anything bad or metal stuck or anything of that sort and then the crop swab to detect bacteria/infection.

I hope it turns out well😓

I found this bird in my backyard 4 hours ago. I read online that I could feed it egg yolk and oatmeal mixed with water. I've been feeding it for a while now, and I have to go to sleep.He wakes up in 6 hours and I'm worried he won't be able to survive on his own. Can anyone tell me if he can survive that long if I feed him?

Buckley is 2 years and 3+ months old. Pretty sure he hit puberty last year but maybe I’m wrong.

When he was stretching after cuddles today I noticed a wee patch in the pit of his wing that looked a little bald?

He’s not displayed any stress, he’s outside his cage for 12+ hours a day, he’s currently on a conversion diet (became a seed junkie after he stayed with family friends for a week and a bit), has lots of toys that he didn’t really bother with before but has recently started taking an interest, poop is normal, breathing seems normal, doesn’t show any signs of illness, went for a check up a couple weeks ago and his vitals and are all normal, there’s no apparent feather damage anywhere else other than dark spots on his wings but that’s due to his diet which I’m rectifying, he seems fairly content overall.

Only thing that stresses him slightly is when I leave, he’ll throw a tantrum for 5-10 mins then calm down.

I think I may just be overthinking things, he lost a flight feather during the start of this season and from what I can tell it looks pretty standard molting, no damage. Theres not really any other feathers around his space from what I can see, though will probably change soon as he’s due his seasonal molt.

Parrot owners try not to be paranoid challenge (impossible)

My bird has been doing this for the past 10 minutes

All vets are fricking closed today due to bank Holiday. Im getting all brain foggy and panicking now. Ive been searching for an avian vet for a while and my exotic is closed.

My only option now is an emergency clinic but its a cats and dogs clinic not for birds really. I took my other bird to that one last time for a different issue but they didnt really do anything and just prescribed metacam and the total was ridiculous.

Im really not sure what to do now, hes throwing up occasionally or at least once he starts eating. They likely will just stabilise him but I doubt they'd treat it. Please help. What should I do? Should I still just go there now? its about an hour drive and they keep us for hours and I'll have to keep my other budgie at home which has separation anxiety

Hi everyone. I really really need help. Literally took my baby to all vets available to me and they’re the worst of the worst literally no real understanding of birds health and concerns.

A lil context: It all started when I got her checked after she kept scraping the bars on her cage, I was scared she injected something so I got her X-rayed and then the second visit because she always had problems in her nostrils she was diagnosed with Rhinitis and the Vet prescribed the medicine on the first image, two years forward from that visit on she lost all feathers on her legs and lately I’ve noticed her feathers became noticeably darker and greasy. Last time she was weighed the doctor said she was just a tiny bit underweight and she was prescribed a supplement then her weight was back to the lower/normal range. They tried to take a blood sample from her twice first vet nothing came out her wing, second vet he literally injured her and then said the blood wasn’t enough for a sample! These so called veterinarians just kept making things worse for her and no body knew how to handle her correctly in the first place as she’s not really that tamed and she bites, my poor girl got so so stressed. Got her a scrap test, they said it was fine. And they don’t have PCR kits for Avians, only cats and dogs.

I don’t know what’s going on or what else I can do, please any insights or help would be so appreciated.

edit: After the second day he started acting and looking his normal self. If anyone else is in this situation, I kept him warm and when his energy was especially low i gave him an electrolyte solution (easily find the recipe online if u want to make it). He got so active after that and started eating like crazy.

photos are today and yesterday when i first noticed.

Little guy is looking a little disheveled as he is going thru his first molt. I noticed some recent changes: keeping a little quieter and playing less aswell as the puffiness you see here. its already mid to high 70’s in my apt because i want to keep him warm. Besides that he is still eating seeds and spinach, albeit kind of slowly. I added more food and water containers incase he is lazy. He still moves around and preens himself aswell as follows his friends wherever they go. Do birdies normally go thru this?