Hey there,
i recently got a pair of new budgies (maybe just over a week now) and these are my first birds ive had. yesterday, i was cleaning the cage out, the cage itself becomes separate from the bottom so i can change the sand matt. however while i was lifting it off, one of the toys got stuck so i had to lift the cage higher than i normally do, resulting one of my budgie manged to fly out. within a matter of seconds, he flew around my room in which i had time to shut the window and to trap my other budgie in. but then i found my budgie lying on its back on my window sil, it broke my heart a little, i carried him back to his age and watched him carefully.
at first when he quickly tried to walk it looked like his head was weighing him down to the ground, like he kept falling forwards (was he dizzy?), his wing wasnt tucked correctly and he held his head on one side. however since then all of those problems have gone. But, since yesterday hes been acting very different, hes usually a hyper little thing, head always turning quickly, always making these cute noises and just very active in general. but now, i havent heard him make a noise at all, he just sits in the corner of his cage facing the back, and he turns his head a lot slower now :/ ive seen him move from that spot but its very little. nor is he interacting with the other budgie or replying to him. keeps going to his food bowl and hesitating to eat. (hes eaten what looked like 3 seeds since this) i dont know if its just my eyes but he looks slightly bigger too, can birds get swelling? im not sure what to do about it, also its not a big noticeable difference but it looks like one of the wings is slightly over lapping the other towards the tail.
sorry for the long paragraph but i just wanted to get the details in, any suggestions on what could be wrong with him?
(my babies in the attachment, the colorful has had the accident)
i recently got a pair of new budgies (maybe just over a week now) and these are my first birds ive had. yesterday, i was cleaning the cage out, the cage itself becomes separate from the bottom so i can change the sand matt. however while i was lifting it off, one of the toys got stuck so i had to lift the cage higher than i normally do, resulting one of my budgie manged to fly out. within a matter of seconds, he flew around my room in which i had time to shut the window and to trap my other budgie in. but then i found my budgie lying on its back on my window sil, it broke my heart a little, i carried him back to his age and watched him carefully.
at first when he quickly tried to walk it looked like his head was weighing him down to the ground, like he kept falling forwards (was he dizzy?), his wing wasnt tucked correctly and he held his head on one side. however since then all of those problems have gone. But, since yesterday hes been acting very different, hes usually a hyper little thing, head always turning quickly, always making these cute noises and just very active in general. but now, i havent heard him make a noise at all, he just sits in the corner of his cage facing the back, and he turns his head a lot slower now :/ ive seen him move from that spot but its very little. nor is he interacting with the other budgie or replying to him. keeps going to his food bowl and hesitating to eat. (hes eaten what looked like 3 seeds since this) i dont know if its just my eyes but he looks slightly bigger too, can birds get swelling? im not sure what to do about it, also its not a big noticeable difference but it looks like one of the wings is slightly over lapping the other towards the tail.
sorry for the long paragraph but i just wanted to get the details in, any suggestions on what could be wrong with him?
(my babies in the attachment, the colorful has had the accident)
:budgie:
