**Liv**

Depends on how bad the infestation is and what type of lice/mites you have. ivermectin will not treat lice, but will treat mites. If you have some mild feather lice, i would wait to treat them all when the babies fledge. If you have red mite, then you will have to treat as Pearce mentioned. Eggs are porous, so be very careful.

Budgies heads and face glow under a black light. They can actually see UV light. David Attenborough had a segment about this topic on "The Life of Birds" documentaries - very interesting and they look sooooooo cool when lit up under the UV. Under the UV is actually how they see each other all the time - they see quite differently to us. I would not use the UV light on him often, but here and there would be okay.

The feathers at the moment are crazy I have more i will post later.

Thanks Kaz and Pearce. The chick may have been prem and mum hadn't fed it yet - i normally give mum until about 3pm to feed before i do it. The chick had died when i went to check if it had been fed.

Mum squashed the chick to death :sad: How do i prevent that happening again? she is a maiden hen. will she get it right with the next chick???

I believe the cock is split for Lacewing :budgiedance:

I find it more accurate to tell the gender at this young age. I start to get confused as they get older.

Could be Rickets. Rickets is a calcium deficiency as a chick which causes weakness in the feet and legs, might be the cause of her poor stance

I am so sorry AV :budgiedance: What a disaster. I hope you can find away to resolve it.

My first chick hatched today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A RED eye chick (hen) to this pair :bliss: :boogie: :star: :budgiedance: :yes:

Awesome News Deb

AWWWWWwwwww

Good luck Jimmy. It really sounds like he is fighting

Hello and welcome

Lovely looking bubs. Make sure you hold onto them and see how they look in 6-12 months time before selling them

I am so sorry

Could be a stress moult

100% male

Hello and welcome. I love your flight photos! You have very beautiful budgies

Great news they are settling in well

this is my thoughts too

i hope he pulls through

Perhaps put a drop of calcivet to the side of his beak and see if he sucks it in (don't force it as he may asperate) Pack him in the car and take him to the vet. any vet worth their salt will treat him immediately with out appointment. He seems to not cope with breeding well. we can talk about this after... get him to the vet

She is adorable What an awesome day the two of you had

Vet-.. It's your only option.