Budgies Dying?

[Paul_S 0]

For the last year or so I have had a budgie die every couple of weeks, they have been all ages.

It's always been only 1 at a time that gets sick never more than 1. They fluff up, lose weight & energy. They continue to eat & have a lot of fesses around their vent. It usually takes about a 4 to 5 days to die from when I notice their sick.

The birds are divided into 4 aviaries & it is random where the next bird will fall ill.

Any ideas??

[JimmyBanks 0]

I'd be taking the next bird that dies to the Vet ASAP. If you've lost 26 birds in a year because of an unknown illness you're better off going to an expert.

 

Have you been quarantining your new birds when they come in?

Edited March 24, 2014 by Finnie
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[scummy 0]

G,day , i lost one this week with the same problem . Mine had been like this for about 3-4 months and he would sleep alot in both the avery and when i put him in a cage by himself .

[robyn 0]

Sounds like a virus passing from one bird too another. Do you have dirt floors? Definite need for avian vet advice to track down the bug. It's no good trying to advise on treatment until you discover what you are dealing with.

[Finnie 0]

G,day , i lost one this week with the same problem . Mine had been like this for about 3-4 months and he would sleep alot in both the avery and when i put him in a cage by himself .

 

Scummy, this sounds like a completely different problem. Yours was ill for months, but Paul's die within days of becoming ill. (Unless Paul is not able to recognize the signs of an ill bird until its final few days.) You may want to start your own thread for your problem.

 

Paul, if you have birds dying every couple of weeks, I would not call them isolated incidents. It's more like one long epidemic. Instead of waiting for the next death, you might consider taking in a random sampling of your birds for testing. Take the ones that look the scruffiest, even if they don't look actually sick. If the vet can do tests to figure out what to treat for, you are apt to have better success controlling it. The sheer number of birds you stand to lose justifies the cost of the tests and treatments.