/r/BirdHealth
This community is for knowledge, first aid advice, husbandry, and training of any species of captive bird. Doves, parrots, chickens, emus, dodos, etc. are all welcome.
This community is for knowledge, first aid advice, husbandry, and training of any species of captive bird. Doves, parrots, chickens, emus, dodo's, ect are all welcome.
We aim for science based knowledge and continued education in those subjects. We want to help those medical deserts without the option of an avian vet as best we can. No one should feel alone and helpless to provide some level of care to their flock.
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I am sorry everyone. Neembu has passed away. I found him shortly after having breakfast. Turns out my parents had sneaked the cage into their room last night, and they slept with their fan on. They had also taken it to the terrace in the morning to get the birds some sunshine, when there was cold wind blowing. That included with the fact that u/Bella_Ella739 mentioned, it could've been a yeast infection which the vet didn't check as well. I am sorry for being a terrible owner. There were just too many things I had not known at that time, and I am still learning. I plan on taking Nadi to a better vet to get her checked as soon as I get time.
As for the hamster cage, it is an old cage my parents had bought when my dad had rescued a squirrel (The squirrel lived, don't worry. We released him when he grew up. I've attached some of the photos for proof). We are the cage using temporarily to house the bird. I have ordered some perches to replace the platforms for now.
Hey there again everyone, at my last post I enquired about my green budgie's health as he seemed sick. Turned out he was. Yesterday I took him to a vet to get him checked. The vet said he was experiencing a stomach infection and gave antibiotics to feed him (one drop every morning and evening everyday), to keep him in a warm room, and to put him in sunlight. He also said to give the medications to the blue budgie too just in case (because she is a rescue as well, I did not raise her). So far the green budgie has been resting a lot, he ocassionally wakes up to drink water, but I have been struggling to get him to eat food (the vet said to give him veggies like brocolli, capsicum and corn). I will try to feed him today, and post further updates later.
Hi guys! So I have a male and female kakariki. They’re both very close in age, but they were 11 and 9 weeks when I got them around 2 months ago. So far they act like siblings, but I’ve seen a lot of incidents surrounding eggs recently, and it causing hurt or death to a bird. I wanted to know if something could go wrong for my birds if they mated. The breeder we got them from said the eggs won’t survive without our help (we don’t want any babies) but I want to protect my Hiro too. Any advice is appreciated as I’m really clueless in this area!
Hi guys, a month a go I found a baby bird (not really baby) walking in the middle of the road, he had a bleeding head and a damaged wing. I took it home, give him water and in 4 days he already wanted to go out, so I let him, and he went flying okay.
Today, I found a damaged bird in my garden, there is NEVER birds in my garden, and surprise, is a dove!
He has a wing just... i can't really with blood, the wing is just there and the other one is damaged. That poor little thing doesn't seem to be flying soon. I took him, tried to give him some water and then, to the dark box to rest.
I cant have it, my parents hate doves, and also I can't take him to a shelter because there is none in my city, vet is too expensive, I'm just a student.
I'm really sad thinking that maybe is the same from before, it looks destroyed. How many probabilities exist that is the same? And why did the dove came back? I don't think he is going to be fine. It would be horrible to see him die for me, but it looks like it.
Advice for taking care of eggs
idk what to do, pls help
my budgie just died, she just laid 4 eggs 17 days ago, she was a first time mother, she was 4 years old, she started acting weird yesterday when she was spending all day outside in the cage instead of in the nest box with her eggs. i tried feeding her some millet but she refused to.
a few hours after i came back from college i found her on the bottom of the cage like she had collapsed, she stayed down there for a while until coming back up, she went back into the nest box at night, so she was away from her eggs for at least 7 hours.
today she seem better, she was spending more time in the nest box, when i was doing my homework, i look at the cage, i see her hanging off the rope perch by one foot, it seemed like her partner was trying to help her but i quickly ran over and caught her. she laid down in my palms for a bit before trying to run back to her cage. i gently placed her at the bottom of the cage where she laid and rested for a bit then suddenly she started running and shaking around the bottom of the egg until her life gave up.
i quickly placed a order for a egg incubator but its going to arrive on friday which is two days from now. i examined her body to find a fleshy purple bulge on her stomach, above her cloaca. i don’t know what to do now, im shaking as i type and i hear my male budgie call out for his partner in the other room. and can someone tell me what i can do for the eggs until the incubator arrives?
the reason why i want the incubator is because i haven’t seen the father show any behavior of warming eggs, the most he has done was feed the mother which is good but that’s it. im afraid that the eggs won’t make it if not warmed in time.
My brother rescued the blue budgie a week ago, today my dad went and bought this green budgie for its company. However the green one seems sick, it is just staying in one place with its eyes closed and only moves briefly from one corner to another. My dad said it was doing the same thing at the shop he bought it from. Can anyone please confirm whether this is normal behaviour?
Also I do not know the age and gender of both birds. Can anyone please confirm that too? Thanks
Not my bird, owner is looking for anwsers on what can be done or what ia happening here. Female bird just layed her first egg and now this.
He’s leaning forward, has yellowish stool, hunched back and ruffling feathers.
I am not sure what to do to help him (even if it’s just for comfort).
So, today morning I found a bird on the entrance of my house. She is not able to walk properly and fly as well. I kept a bowl of water in front of it but she didn't drink from bowl. Whenever I am putting something to eat in front of her, she is moving away from it as if she is scared of something. Need help on this that what should I do?
Local ducks at a pond near me, noticed this juvenile duck with odd wings? They cross a lot at the back and he keeps flapping them??
My partner inherited this air fryer from his folks and while it states PFOA and BPA free, I see nothing explicitly about PTFE except an old comment from a user stating they've used it for a year with no issues. I care about our six conures more than anything, so I want to make sure it's safe. They have their own bedroom far away from the kitchen.
I started working at a daycare, and they have budgies, and one of them has odd wings, and I was wondering if anyone knew why ... he seems to fly fine, if that helps at all
So my kakariki is a female, and about 12 weeks old. She has somehow injured her foot today causing large amounts of bleeding. As this started at night after all vets had shut and the nearest overnight vet in over an hour drive away from me, I knew I had to find a solution on my own. I keep bandaging her foot up but she bites through the bandage and takes the clotted part off her foot to start the bleeding all over again. We’re worried we may loose her overnight if we can’t find a solution. Any advice or experience you had to offer would be appreciated, Reddit!
Edit: thank you for the advice, I stayed up with her overnight until she fell asleep, and woke up when she did. The bandage I wrapped on her foot has stayed on this time, so I will most likely visit a vet today as it probably can’t hold on forever, and as many of you said, birds clotting system isn’t good! Thank you for your help.
Edit 2: I’ve managed to get her a vet appointment tomorrow morning, and she’s much more lively today! Thank you
Final edit: she is now home and doing much better, vet said she will be okay and unless she bites it off again she will be completely fine. She’s had some pain relief medicine too.
Somewhat recently, I saved this little guy as a baby and everything was going fine until I noticed this morning he kept doing this. Should I take him to a vet or am I just overthinking? He preens a lot and seems otherwise healthy but I’m not too sure.
As the title says I found a bird on the ground in India. I brought him home in hopes to help him. I've searched online and it seems to be a house swift. Any tips on what to do for an absolute beginner in these things?