Featheredpets 0 Posted July 1, 2007 Member ID: 1,464 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 2 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 599 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 5,455 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 13/08/05 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 29, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2007 Hi Everyone Firstly apologies for not being on the forum for such a very long time, I'll try and do a post later in the week to explain why. Today whilst giving Star our 8 year old budgie a bath I noticed a small symmetrical lump between his/her legs just underneath the vent feathers which wasn't there a week ago. The skin looks stretched. Could this be a tumor, a fatty mass, an infection or possibly the formation of an egg. Star looks completely normal from the outside and is his/her happy normal self eating, drinking and playing normally. Droppings are very slightly more running then normal, vent feathers are stained but Star has always been like that. Star did have an unusual night a few days ago with a bit of fluid in his/her airsacks. Any suggestions then let me know. Many thanks Link to comment
*Nerwen* 0 Posted July 1, 2007 Member ID: 5,064 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 121 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 5,817 Content Per Day: 0.29 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 39,375 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 14/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 18, 2014 Birthday: 20/02/1982 Share Posted July 1, 2007 Hello Fetheredpets. I'm sorry to hear about the trouble with Star. Was the lump hard?, soft? still skin colour or yellowy? Has star be showing other signs of nest - chewing heaps, digging about, staying in one area of the cage/room/house. It's a bit abnormal for a single budgie to want to nest/lay eggs but it can happen Of cause the safest thing to do is see an avian vet and have them check it out. Link to comment
Elly 0 Posted July 1, 2007 Member ID: 1,641 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 414 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 15,350 Content Per Day: 2.23 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 99,335 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/10/05 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2007 welcome back, I would take Nerwen's suggestions and have it checked by and avian vet that would be best as we are only throwing out guesses. Link to comment
Guest Phoebe Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 Do get it checked out by the vet Featheredpets, hopefully it is just a benign lump which 2 of my budgies have and they are fine with meds. :ygbudgie: Link to comment
Featheredpets 0 Posted July 2, 2007 Member ID: 1,464 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 2 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 599 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 5,455 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 13/08/05 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 29, 2011 Author Share Posted July 2, 2007 Hi Everyone Thanks for your replies. I'm going to do another examination and hopefully take a picture. I doubt that it's egg binding more like a benign lump/mass that has started to develop due to his/her age. I will keep you updated and of course visit a vet when possible. Link to comment
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