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.
Hello and welcome to my Budgie website.
Here at ukbudgies we breed all lovely and beautiful
budgies all year round. We are based in Braintree in Essex. We pride
ourselves with being a careing, loveing, and clean breeder. Our budgie's
vary in colour and price, the most popular budgie we sell is the
handtameables. These are ideal as pets for children and are easy to tame
as they are very friendly and will sit on your finger.
We sell violet budgies, rainbow budgies, lutino budgies,
albini budgies, breeding pairs, spare hen budgies, spare cock budgies,
aviary budgies, we sell mostly every kind of budgie you can imagine,but
we will no longer be selling full circular crested budgies, sorry!
Please see our prices below ....
NORMAL AVIARY BUDGIES HENS/COCKS
£10 EACH
UNLESS STATED BELOW
VIOLET AVIARY BUDGIES HENS/COCKS
£15 EACH
RAINBOW AVIARY BUDGIES HENS/COCKS
£15 EACH
NORMAL HANDTAMEABLE BUDGIE HEN/COCK
£20 EACH
VIOLET HANDTAMEABLE BUDGIE HEN/COCK
£25 EACH
RAINBOW HANDTAMEABLE BUDGIE
HEN/COCK
£25 EACH
LUTINO AND ALBINO HANDTAMEABLE BUDGIES HENS/COCKS
£25 EACH
BREEDING PAIRS
£40 A PAIR
Please contact us if you are
looking for a budgie
becky@ukbudgies.co.uk
We are located in Braintree in Essex
Please email us if you are looking to buy
a beautiful budgie.
