and has anyone experienced miraculous recovery

I'm needing some help with my little bug Stormy. He had a lovely pink cere when we first got him but now it seems to be brown and flaky. He is still active and eating.
We got him as a 'baby' budgie unsure how old he actually is and he's been with us for one year.

Hoping someone might be able to shed a little light on this.

Thanks

$150 a budgie for a simple test is too steep for my budget. We must find a better way. 

Just last week I was moving houses and I transported my budgie Sprite in a shoebox (not the best, i know!) and i think he may have broken his toe? It’s bent back and pointing upwards and he tends to favor it yet he still uses it. I was wondering if there was anything I or a vet could do or should i just let it heal naturally?

I have found a bird in my flight with what looks like a blocked vent.

Is a hen that was in a nest box for six weeks with no success.(Did not lay)

has been back in flight for 2 weeks.

Have cleaned up around the vent that was caked solid with some moist poo underneath. It looks like it is trying to poo but cant get it out.

has been in hospital cage for 3 hrs and there is no poo on floor.

Vent looks inflamed.

Not sure what action to take with this 1. any ideas other than a Vet visit.

thanks Paulie

I took her to vet and was told it was swelling due to egg laying and incubating

My first question to you... Should I take food and water with him in the small cage I'll use to transport him?

I hate to see any animal without water, and budgies are so tiny, it just seems they could go downhill fast if they don't eat when they're hungry. It never occurred to me to ask when I made the appointment...

Diana

I have 2 budgies and one has a blocked preen gland. A visit to the vet confirmed this and antibiotics were prescribed despite no evidence of infection (I did query this and was told that a 'side-effect' of these may be the unblocking of the gland).

The vet commented that it was one of the worst cases she'd seen and the next step after the a/b's plus increased vitamin intake (started the same day) would be a trip to a specialist, a biopsy and subsequent treatment that "......will be very expensive.....".

My question is: can the 'growth' be removed easily by a vet? My very ignorant understanding of the condition is an oil blockage that has solidified - am I close? If this is the case and taking into account how firm the vet handled the lump, is it not possible to simply break/twist it off?

I assume by now that most of you reading this are cringing so please excuse my ignorance!

Thanks in advance.....

Please help, my poor Sammy has constant blood on his face from where he was scratching under his pits - what can I do? Any advice would be gratefully received.

I just wanted to recount my experience with my local avian vet — Django and I have been there twice in the past 3 days, and they have been nothing but warm and friendly, and intent on getting to the bottom of his illness.

It all started when I was home sick last Friday. I noticed that Django was doing some unusual head-bobbing which seemed uncomfortable, and his sneezes sounded squeaky and rapid. If you weren't paranoid you'd have thought it was just a passing thing. Since I am somewhat of a birdie hypochondriac (always remember: when they start showing that their sickness, it's almost too late!) and I was home, feeling a little off but still well enough to go out, I made our first appointment with this avian vet clinic. Is it strange to say that I have always wanted to bring Django there for a routine check-up just to check them out?!

They examined and weighed him, took crop and poo samples to examine microscopically and did gram stains. All good, he had a mild upper respiratory bacterial infection which is expected because he is currently going through a big winter moult. I got some oral antibiotics. Django seemed to respond well over the weekend, was almost back to his normal rambunctious self.

Then this morning he threw up a pea-sized blob of yellow mucus which scared the heck out of me. I had just given him his morning dose of Entrotil. He shuddered and shivered, and was making choking motions for a good 10 minutes. It was before 9am so I couldn't call the vet yet. I called work and asked to work from home to monitor him.

When I finally called the vet, Django's symptoms had subsided but he was looking fluffy and lethargic. The vet spoke to me personally, got all the details and booked me in for later in the afternoon, but also said that if his condition didn't stabilise, I could bring Django in as an emergency case.

Django was sleeping most of the whole afternoon, I was really anxious. He ate some food but he seemed to drift in and out of sleep. When we got to the vet she did the same routine as before, and concluded that the antibiotics for the bacterial infection had brought through a secondary fungal infection, visible from his mucous crop stain (clear this time, not yellow) and poo. More antibiotics were prescribed, whee! She said that hopefully that was the end of his infections or else she'd have to start on his blood work. She said she'd had a strong suspicion it was either a secondary fungal or thrush infection after our phone call.

Well, I just really wanted to say that it's great when you go to a vet and they are confident about what they're doing, and when they genuinely care for the sick animal. I have had experiences at my previous vet where the "avian specialist" would just pump a needle full of the strongest antibiotic and finish off with worming, and declare a clean bill of health. I felt reassured and confident of this vet's diagnosis, and even though I was really upset before going to the second visit, she made me feel so much better with her competence and even gave some tips on administering the oral treatments.

So Django is on another 4 days of Entrotil, and another 9 days of Fungilin. He's getting spoilt rotten until the treatments finish, and he's got a heat lamp going to keep him comfy. Fingers crossed that he will be all right after this and that nothing else major comes up!!

anyone tell me if there something wrong with this bird? It looks like there is something wrong with the cere. All I have managed to dig up so far is conflicting information.

Some information suggests a mite is causing it, others sugest it is a result of the bird being ready to breed.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

The problem bird is the blue/green one, not the white one.