Shawna

What is the type of bird in behind these 2. It looks very pretty!

It always amazes me how quickly they grow up. It seems like forever for the feathers to come in, but then you say - hey, how'd they grow up so fast. They look great Kirbs!

Do tiels tuck their heads under their wings?

It's torture isn't it Lovey. All of Karen's budgies are so gorgeous. I'm sure without this forum I'd still just have tweety and sylvester. I had no idea there were so many gorgeous mutations out there!

Your birds are very pretty. Precious little bubs!

I called the vet. She wasn't in but I did get the info from the assistant there. She said that they feel it is a papilloma and not the papovavirus because that usually is fatal for young birds. From quick reading I think it is the one that causes french moult? I hope it is benign like Phoebe says. He seems thrilled to be back with the others. I'm just going to keep an eye on him.

Pretty coloured budgies. I think the crested variety will take awhile for me to get used too. Keep posting pics

Thanks for this Lovey. This isn't the one. She mentioned this too and said she didn't think this was it. I asked her if I could put him back in with the others and she said yes.

Oh she is gorgeous. She looks like a blue zebra at first glance.

So sorry Bea! What a beautiful girl she was. I really hope that none of your other birds have this. RIP beautiful girl!

Well the vet finally called. I guess it is some type of tumer. Papiloma? I was in a bit of shock so I didn't write the name down. I'm going to ask her to email me the details. She said surgery was an option but it would likely grow back. And unfortunately he will probably develop others - other places are mouth, stomach, etc. There are definately no mites. I can't invest in the surgery (or multiple surgeries) if I value my marriage. If it were something that could be fixed and never return I probably would - hubby would get over it. The bird is absolutely fine otherwise so my hope is that it is slow growing, or doesn't grow anymore, that he doesn't get others, and that he has a decent long life. I'll give him the best of foods, a lovely big home, lots of cage mates, lots of love. So not the best of news.

Fingers crossed for you. What mutations are the parents again?

Sorry to hear about your Mango. Will she be on meds now to help? It must be scary when she has a seizure? PS. No word from the vet. Grrr. They were supposed to call on Saturday afternoon. I want to know so what it might be. Finn is missing his cage mates. And if it isn't contagious I'd like to put him back soon.

What precious bubs!!!

My guys do it all the time. It looks to me like it is a regurgitation thing - bringing up a bit of seed from the crop. I see this happening between birds a lot, and sometimes a lone bird will do it. Unless they are puking I don't think it is anything to worry about. It looks kind of funny. (Laughing out loud)

Well little Phinnegan was off to the vet this morning. I thought maybe he had scaly face. I don't know if you recall but when I purchased him he had a spot on his eye. I thought it might have been discharge from a previous cold or something. At times it seemed to be going away and then at other times it came back. I was reading up on scaly face and found some pics with of budgies with it on the eyes. So I thought - well maybe. I didn't want it to spread to the others so figured a trip to the vet was warranted. Well $80 later I'm still not sure what it is. The vet didn't think scaly face but did a scraping to see if there were mites. I should hear back about that later today. She feels it is more likely a blocked eye duct. She did some squeezing (can you imagine on a little bird) to try and clear it. I couldn't watch - it looked painful. So Finn didn't get the ivermectin. Regarding mites, vet said all animals have bugs that they host at all times and when their immune system gets down (stress or whatever), they can become troublesome. It made me think about whether or not treating asymptomatic birds is really warranted. I just treated all of my birds with Scatt when I thought that Finnegan might have scaly face. I didn't treat Finn assuming he would be getting a shot of Ivermectin today and didn't want to OD him. But now I wonder if it was worth the stress I put them under. I did use the time to weigh them all and clip their wings. I know some on here treat incoming birds with ivermectin regardless. Just wondering if it is really necessary because my vet gave me the impression that they can get it regardless, even when new birds aren't introduced. Just wondering what others think about this. Here's a picture of Finn's eye.

He looks great. Can you post a before picture? Or at least point me to the previous post if there is one. I love his big puffy head!

She is very pretty. She is going to be in heaven when she gets to join the flock. Have you ever had the flock reject a new bird?

Oh Karen. (((HUGS))). You worked so hard trying to keep him alive. I admire you from afar. RIP Little One!!!!

Can we see some pics of your babies - please?

Just wanted to post a few pics of my new baby Kito- he is just so pretty! Enjoy! In the last picture he was crawling across my belly and decided to hide his head under his wing for just a few seconds. I think he had an itch. My son was snapping pics and was SO excited that he captured it. It looks so precious when he did it

Oh that is awesome. I'm sure Bluey will have lots of fun!!!

I would have thought female from that picture. Definately opaline and possibly cobalt. Very pretty.

just a thought Kirby, why don't you get the female and pair it with your violet spangle male. I bet you'd get pretty babies that way.

Oh they are so cute Nerwen. Are they all yellowfaces - its hard to tell with the flash? And which ones came from Daz's eggs?