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Yeah he is acting like his usual self; eating, drinking, dancing and singing as normal Hopefully the antibiotics will clear the cyst right up. Yeah i don't think I will go ahead with the test...seems like a waste of money. Might look for an avian vet tomorrow. Thankyou very much for your help! It was indeed very helpful.

No I don't think she is. We had to take him to an emergency vet as not many vets were open on Monday as it was a public holiday and the vet we take our other animals to doesn't really specialize in birds. I would like to take him to an avian vet but I am not sure of any in the Newcastle region. From the looks of it though he probably does have an abscess.

Hello, I have had my budgie Sherbet for 6 years and always thought that he was a male as he has a distinctive blue cere. Recently I noticed he was breathing faster than usual so I took him to the vet. The vet discovered a quite large lump (which if he was a female the vet would have though was an egg) on his abdomen and after completing some tests she concluded that the lump was an abscess. I was given antibiotics to give to Sherbet to hopefully get rid of the abscess and was told if the lump did not decrease in size significantly in about 4 days it would need to be removed. I spoke to the vet again today and she is not 100% sure it is an abscess. She said there is a chance that Sherbet is a female budgie as some female budgie have a blue cere (which would mean that it could be an egg). He is getting a DNA test on Monday. I am just wondering if anyone has experienced anything similar to this before or knows about female budgies with blue ceres. Thanks a lot These are the best photos I could find. http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/2426/christmas20084l.jpg http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/4033/sherbert1.jpg