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Budgie Diseases – The Why and What Next.
Mega bacteria; a common cause of mortality and morbidity with British Budgies.
A large organism (the Mega bacteria) is said to form a kind of mat in the glandular part
of the budgies stomach (proventriculus). The result being the budgie losing strength and
energy incredibly quickly. It, in effect, makes them anorexic and the end up dying of
starvation. Signs of this can be the passing of whole seeds, vomiting and weight loss.
It is believed that the main route of the problem (as infection is widespread) is infected
birds being brought to an exhibition stud. Treatment is available in the form of antifungal
drugs prescribed by your avian vet but, unfortunately, just fewer than half the birds that
have this disease are unable to recover due to the damage to their proventriculus.
Osteoporosis; The literal meaning of which is ‘stone bones’ - this has proven to now
effect budgies, all be it very rare. Birds that have this disease have trouble moving around
and this differs in severity from case to case. One may only be able to move himself around by
using his beak to drag him along whereas another that crouches a little can manage to fly a
small amount to get to the nearest perch. In a post mortem, it was revealed that some of the
bones had thickened (those being the tibia, humorous, ulna, radius, shoulder blade coracoids
and wishbone) – these varied in different birds. Sadly, there is no treatment for this disease.
Diarrhoea; A very common illness and is when the budgies droppings are very runny.
It has various ‘looks’ and can be normal colour but soft and runny. Usually, it is a grey-green
colour and wet, but it can also be unusual colours (for example, dark green. If this is the case,
it normally means that your budgies not eating). Stress can cause diarrhoea, so if you have a
solitary budgie, it may need company as being lonely can make them stressed. Changes in their diet
can also be the cause of the illness and it is important to get your budgie well again. See your
avian vet for treatment advice.
Broken Blood Feathers; If you see that your budgie has a broken blood feather,
then it will need removing. To do this the bird will need to be restrained gently (take care not to
restrict breathing as this is not good for them and will make them panic) by using a small towel
around the chest. Make sure that you have tweezers and a sterile gauze close to hand! Next,
you will need to grip at the base of the bleeding feather with the tweezers and in one quick move,
pull in the direction of the feather growth and remove the feather. Once it is out, you need to
apply a little pressure to the follicle (as it will try to start to bleed) with the sterile gauze
(for a minute or so) and then dab a little corn starch (or similar) to it so as to stop bleeding.
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