Search Results for ‘scratching’

my family has 2 parakeets/budgies and one recently laid eggs. we saw the symptoms that she was having and recently the other one started having somewhat similar symptoms so we thought that they were about to lay eggs too. (I’ll be referring to one bird as “they” as we don’t know the gender) 3 to...

I've recently received 2 re-homed budgies from a colleague that has moved away, and have had them for under two weeks. They are untamed, and i'm not even sure how old they are (Any educated guesses on their ages are appreciated). They have been lovely so far but today I noticed that the blue...

Hi All, I'm new here - I've found the advice on the forums very useful in the past but have just registered. One of my birds (female) has been scratching around her eye area a lot and is now holding her eye closed. It seems like something is irritating it. I have seen a previous post on the...

Hi everyone I've had my little boy budgie just over a week, and he's about 8 weeks old. I got him from an independent pet shop. He has been scratching regularly around his neck, maybe every half an hour and I'm not sure that it's just preening. Could he have something wrong? I can't see mites...