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Hiii, I'm new to bird owning and this is my budgie Ironside. He's had this weird coloration on his toe for a few days now. He's a little over a year old and he has a cagemate not featured in the photo. Both of them are chirping lots and still play with their toys. He still stands on both of his...

(Image attached is admittedly a poor angle but the only one I have. Hopefully you can see what I’m talking about) I have a two-year old (M) budgie. About a week ago, we purchased some oat grain that was advertised as being budgie safe and I started sprinkling it into his food as a treat—we...

Hello! I have two budgies, Sammy (male, I think) and Coco (female, I think). (I originally thought Sammy was female, but after a month or two her cere turned a very distinctive blue color, and Coco's has remained pink.) I got Sammy about a year ago, last June. We got him a large cage, and...

My parakeet toenail seems to be curved in now rather than wrapping around his perch I’m not sure what this means.

Hello! I'm new to TB so I'm not sure if this is how I post but my budgie Kesha has been having a problem with her left leg it started yesterday and I'm not sure what caused it. I tried looking for what it may be but nothing seems to fit. She keeps her left foot up and tries to avoid putting...

My pet bird, Sky, is almost 12 years old and is very unhealthy. For most of her life she has been fed only seeds. About a month ago, her foot started swelling and she started limping. A few weeks later, we noticed that her bum was probably getting clogged, since it was getting bigger. We cut her...

Hi everyone, I’m not sure whether to be alarmed about this or not: my female budgie, Gigi, got out of her cage the other day and her nail got caught in a carpet. I came to her rescue as calmly as I could to unhook her, but she panicked and I guess pulled. Her nail didn’t come off, but now her...

Good morning/afternoon/evening my Budgie had an accident within his foot he might have sprained it...I have no idea what to do he can still fly and eat regardless of his foot condition. Also I am planning on taking him to the Avian or Exotic vet but unfortunately the mother of his son(owner of...