Feather Diseases -Abnormalities found in the feathers of budgies.
One of the most common signs being that the tail feathers would fall out and not grow back.
This is caused by a virus. In young budgies under 6 months old, the feathering was very poor
with many expanses of balding on the body and legs and particularly the wing and tail feathers.
The rest of their feathers were of very bad quality and could even be misshapen,
with the birds themselves are smaller than usual for their age.
The silver lining here is that the head and neck were spared, no matter what the age of the infected budgie,
and in no cases was the beak misshapen or abnormal.
In the UK there are no remedies for this; all you can do is keep things extra clean.
Mites - Very hard to spot as they are tiny (you can only really see them from under a microscope),
but feather mites are very common in budgies.
They like to nestle right down into the feathers close to the skin and many budgies don’t
have any problems with them. Sometimes (all be it occasionally) mites can be the cause of
feather disease in a number of different ways. They can cause the budgie to scratch which results in
messy feathers or even feathers that have been bitten off! Some species of mite like to eat parts
of the growing feather, leaving the feather visibly bladed in certain places.
You can get anti-mite treatment which is proving to be successful.
Feather Cysts -Most cases of this appear on the outer parts of the tail and wing
(but it can also be seen on the necks). There are three types of cysts in these cases.
The first (and most common) is the usual, spherical shape that can get to about half an inch in
diameter with it either being very hard or very soft, having a yellow substance in the middle with a few feather remains.
The second type of cyst is a little similar to the one I just described, the main difference being
that the skin surrounding the cyst is thick and inflamed. The third and last type of cyst – which is also
the rarest – is narrow and long in shape, occurring in groups. They lie next to each other with
one of the cysts touching the follicle of a feather. The only treatment for cysts is surgical
(where the feathers would be removed) and if you opt for this, then you need to
remember that the feathers will not grow back.
Pulpitis -This feather disease is when the pulp of growing feathers (usually the big tail and wing feathers) gets infected.
These feathers may both be shed prematurely or just break off and never re-grow.
Pulpitis is normally caused by a bacterial infection (streptococci and staphylococci are the main culprits)
but some cases can be viral. The germs are said to live on the bird’s skin and only cause a problem
when they interfere with a growing feather. Some birds get cured with multiple baths in Virkon S, but there
is no way in telling which birds will or won’t respond positively to treatment.
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.
