Hi, I've been trying for a while to get my favorite patient, Titan, to do... Literally anything. As I've been to the vet a few weeks ago it became more clear, she isn't overweight but could loose a few. Her diet is healthy and she gets an appropriate amount of food. Vet said she is healthy, her muscles are good, but the vet put her on the scale twice because he couldn't believe the weight gain over a week. I've been putting her on the scale and it's somewhat stable in that range. And the vet... what to do with a lazy bird ..read more

Hello Everyone, I have recently got a budgie and want to know more about the gender and mutation of it. I have named him/her as Sky. Can someone please help me with this? Regards K ..read more

Hello, for about a month I have been trying to solve my budgie's breathing problems, but unfortunately I have not been able to find a solution. When the coughing fits that occur 6-7 times during the day started, I took it to the veterinarian without wasting time (in the first week its appetite was normal, it was cheerful, only coughing). After listening with a stethoscope, the doctor said there was edema in its lungs and started it on antibiotics. After a week of antibiotic treatment, saying... Breathing problems ..read more

Breeder says female golden face single factor pied double factor blue violet. I owned the violet mother originally. This 4 week old baby is interesting to me but pied is throwing me off in determining the gender. Just had a water wipe after eating. Please help ..read more

Hi, So I recently finally managed to rescue two budgies that have been treated like utter crap for years, locked in a cage the whole time (one of those horrid tall & thin cages), they're both overweight & while one appears to be acting healthy (apart from her weight obviously) & is very vocal and acting normally the male is not in good shape at all. He has been very quiet, hardly making any noises & sits fluffed up sleeping most of the time & over the past few days has vomited once but is... recently rescued two budgies that have been treated very poorly & one is ill ..read more

Hi all! My parakeets had babies and all three babies survived and are alive and well. I am giving one to a friend and I want to make sure I give her a male budgie. One of the budgies was born with a really dark cere. Any idea on the gender? They are 5-6 weeks old ..read more

I was about to sleepand its 11:42 pm here and i have class tmr, cookie isnt able to sleep and keeps shuffling around here is the video for reference:Video He has been doing this for like maybe 15min now and cant stop Is it like ants? Cuz I keep seeing ants in their water bowl and what can i do? I cant sleep if he cant Update: something is seriously wrong and cooki is not able to stand still,his shaking and looks sick I will try... Shaking and unable to sleep ..read more

My budgie had three babies, actually five. Two died. The second one is having trouble walking. It’s about 2 weeks old. The elder sibling and younger are more stable for sure ..read more

Following on from an earlier thread… We completed our move! For a temporary cage, I got a Prevue 30x18x18 cage, which was the biggest I could find that would fit in the back of the car. Now that we've found a house and moved in, it's time to get a better sized cage for 3 budgies. Right now they're caged while they get used to the new space, but in the near future they'll be free-flying again. Anyway, bearing in... Large cage suggestions ..read more

This is my 6 month old budgie, Willy. I was told by the breeder that he/she was 100% a male when I got them at 8 weeks old. I’ve been told that my bird is now a female. I know the “usual” way to tell by looking at their cere colors, but this Willy doesn’t seem to fit the usual rules. Also, I’m wondering their mutation. My guess is single factor dominant pied. Thanks for your assistance ..read more