Renna

Thanks for everything! I learned a lot in these past couple days!

I have one last question for today: Since this is called Budgie Breeders Club, do I have to be a breeder to be a part of this group/club? I know it says that I am male and a breeder, but I am female and not a breeder. I have no idea why it says male and breeder. thanks

I have good news!After Elly said to bathe him, I searched on a way to bathe a budgie. I put a small tub with a centimeter of water in his cage. A few minutes later, I heard splashing, and saw him taking a bath. Now his pass is clean just like the rest of his body. However, he still preens, but it's probably just from stress. I'm not sure though. I'm going to schedule an appointment with an avian vet. For the appt. he will get a birdy check up and he will get his wings clipped (he already knows how to fly.)

Some websites say it depends on what the budgie likes, but which method of bathing my budgie do you think would work best since he is new? Which has worked best for you? They molt once a year, right? Do they always molt in the same season, and does their personality change?

His poos are 1/4 greyish brown color with 3/4 greyish white color. I think that is normal for a budgie.

He scratches at his pass every five minutes or so. I couldn't get a clear picture of his cere, but it is a light pink color and it looks like all of the pictures i have seen online and in books. His face isn't scaley, if that is what the mites do. His feathers are all there and they are all bright and healthy feathers. The scruffy ones are only by his pass, but i think it's just from the scratching every now and then.

My Smudge is still a baby, less than three months. I got him from a pet store just yesterday (march 29). He is somewhat tame; he will step up on my finger only if I touch his chest above his feet. He usually sits there and chirps every now and then. And when i put my hand in the cage, he seems curious as to what it is. His wings are not clipped, and Smudgie is an only budgie. But anyway, back to the topic. Smudge's fecal pass has a brown stain, and the feathers are scruffy... He is constantly scratching at it with his beak. However, Smudge's feces is perfectly fine, a little brown and then mostly white. I want to know if Smudge is just stressed since it is his first day, or if he has a sickness? a picture of Smudge: Smudge that's the best picture i could get of Smudge. I dont want to be too "in his face".