[Tweetsley]

Hi everyone. I hate to bother you with another one of my over worried threads, but Charlie's chest was all wet when I walked into the living room this afternoon. I'm assuming he jumped into the water dish, but I'm not 100% sure. He was shaking pretty badly and I assumed he was cold so I plucked him out of the cage and dried him off.



Here he is all wet.



I dried him off, but he's still wet around the vent.


Now he's fluffy and pouting.



With a droopy tail.

I am assuming that it's water, but my compulsion to worry is fearing that it's vomit because his feathers had a funky tint to them.

Thanks in advance for you help.

 

[FaeryBee]

Charlie simply took a little bath in his water dish.
His feathers were a little different color because they were wet.
The same way your hair is a different shade when it is wet.

The pictures you posted are excellent -- your budgies are adorable!

 

[Tweetsley]

Thank you Deborah for your quick response and for the compliments on the budgies! I'm glad he just took a bath in the water dish and there's nothing wrong. I feel like my favorite thing to do in life is worry. :laugh:

I blame Ginny for Charlie's water dish habits. She is a terrible example.

 

[StarlingWings]

I agree, it sounds like he took a dip!

Those really are great pictures, they're so cute! It's adorable he lets you towel him dry--Mallorn would never stand for that, she made me hold a lamp over her for thirty minutes so her feathers dried faster

 

[DamonsMaster]

Alyssa, Charlie is gorgous and like FaeryBee says, he has just taken a wee bath in his water bowl to freshen up. My Damon does it all the time. I love that photo of Ginny practically submerged in her water. That is amazing. I can even see her wee feet through the plastic. Congratulations on your beautiful budgies.

 

[Tweetsley]

Thank you, Starling. he really doesn't mind when I come at him with a towel. He quiets down and lays in it, usually trying to pull the fabric so that it covers him. It's usually when I come at him with my hands that he gets upset with me. Mallorn sounds spoiled!

Thank you, Janna. I'm glad I am not the only one with budgies who swim in the water dish. They never seem to get tired of doing it, which is unfortunate because it makes a mess.

 

[EvanShankar]

Yep. He took a little bath. My budgies do it all the time. And if the shivering is mostly normal. A lot of sneezes though might mean you should either use a water silo (like the hamster things) or make the water warmer, though it seems as if your budgies are fine! :2thumbs:

 

[Jonah]

He's a good looking guy, even when a little wet....

 

[FaeryBee]

The picture you posted of Ginny in her water dish is super fun!!

 

[Niamhf]

How lucky your gorgeous little flock of budgies are to have such a wonderful home