georgiespet

Good news - Georgie lost a flight feather from the opposite wing this morning and is back to flying normally (so he has 3 on each side, instead of 3 on one and 4 on the other). He seems to be more interested in running on the floor now than flying, but i'll let him do what he feels is best.

I'll wait and see how he goes in a week or so...hopefully once these flight feathers have grown back, he wont be over compensating and i'll stop panicking He's instead been running around on the floor and chasing us around instead of flying (what is it with budgies and human toes??) The new diet is working well- he's happier and chirpier and he's not sick on bird seed any more. By the way = thank you so much for the quick responses

I checked and his wing feathers seem okay, although he had lost a couple in the last 1-2 days I watched him flying towards me and when he spreads his tail feathers out, they seem to be more to his left that being in the center. I thought it was strange.

I have a 7 y.o male who is let out of his cage daily to fly around etc. Normally, he just does flying laps of the kitchen, but today when i took him out, he did a couple of laps and landed on his cage (normal). when he took off to fly again, it was like his tail was mis-aligned and it was almost like he couldnt fly straight (kinda like wanting to fly around in circles). This obviously scared him because he was squaking which he doesnt normally do. I checked his vent and he had no poo or anything stuck. I'm not too sure whats wrong but this is really not normal for him. I recently changed his diet about 3 weeks ago after discovering he was too fat - he had developed a fatty deposit on his chest which has since gone down...so his diet is raw corn, peas, beans and some millet spray. I had notied that Trill must have made him a bit ill because he had a lot of regurgitated bird seed in the bottom of his cage so that gave me reason to change it as well. He's much better with the millet sprays now. His breathing seems normal, although he had sneezed a little this morning (no fluid tho). Any ideas on the wierd flying? I'm a little nervous about it.