Cheeky

excellent, let us know how you get on

aw he is absolutely gorgeous! He looks like he's having great fun!

aw thanks!

maybe you could phone the vet and see what he says?? Aw poor Jelly, Scaley face is sooo horrible! Yuck!

He's as cheeky as ever - running riot at the moment! He's doing okay i think - still got another week or so before he gets his next treatment but if it looks like its getting worse ill be straight onto the vet. Think im going to use vaseline on his feet just in case - they don't appear to be infected but i just want to make sure.

yeah he did say it was diluted in propylene glycol or something like that. Said it didn't matter if he swallowed it when we were painting it on. I'll just keep an eye on him and see how he gets on. Ive to phone if i have any problems. Thanks again

does anybody paint it on? or know of anyone thats done it this way?

ha ha they are funny wee things!

hath, how do you use it?

aaawwwww! bless he's such a cutie! He should get Oz to help him!

ha ha thanks a lot - next post will be how i managed to burn down my house!

yeah i got it to work that time. That was absolutely amazing!!!! I loved the chainsaw!!!

Thank you

Sun??? we never get any!! Would putting them in the oven do?

i've never heard of it but to be honest i've never looked for anything like it before. I'll have a hunt and see if i can find it. thanks

Ha Ha Bea you are so funny. I'm off out today to try and find some branches for Oscar - the vet told me to give them a wash in dilute bleach - do you guys think this is okay?

yeah i did ask the vet about that but he said that they can't survive outside the budgie's body. Do you know of a good insectiside i can use or would dettol do? I was also abit worried about me kissing him! eeww! Thanks Daz

oh im so sorry for your loss - thats just awful. My wee oscar has the same problem and is getting ivermectin painted on every 10 days. Here are some avian vets in London: R.E.Gardner,Veterinary Surgeons, 655 High Road, Leyton, E10 6RA, Tel :- 0181 539 3538, W.H.Wildgoose, MRCVS, and B.Stenson, MRCVS. K.A.Whitcomb, 14 Portland Road, W11 4lm, Microsoft Corporation ®.K.A.Whitcomb, BVSc, MRCVS, Tel:- 0171 727 2204. The Surgery, 346 Acton Lane, Acton, London, W3 8NX, Chris Hall, MRCVS, Tel:-0181 992 6000 also at 15 Templesheen Road, Sheen, London, SW14 7PY Tel :-0181 876 9696 Also check Vet Just make sure you tick birds and a huge list comes up. Again i'm so sorry to hear about poor little Lucy. Luv ali

Yeah ive been reading up on it and it says that it doesn't usually appear until about 6-12 months of age. I have to say that he is looking a bit better already - don't know if thats because the vet scraped some of it away though. Thanks for all the advice guys. Thanks for the link Martine. I only put the ivermectin on every 10 days so we will see how he gets on in a few weeks. fingers crossed!

aw the sound isnt working for me looks good though!

aah that makes sense! thanks

Does anybody know why budgies and other birds can talk? Does it have any use in the wild?

aw they are gorgeous! I love your signature picture - so cute!

ha ha they are so funny! Typical - they like to eat yours and save theirs till later!!

thanks guys the vet reckons he's had it since he was born - wonder why you couldn't see it though? maybe i just never spotted it?? I think you can use the treatment in different ways because the vet says that it can also be given orally. what do you guys use to treat it? thanks Bea i had seen your post when i was looking for pictures to find out if thats what was wrong with him! he looked like he made a full recovery?? I felt so sorry for him - the poor soul screamed for the entire time the vet held him! he's running about like a mad thing now though!