buttonandbows

oh :| so what do you guys think? was it the vet's fault that the medicine prescribed didnt help George?

A 10mil injection,for a budgie.That doesn't sound right to me, you only put 10mils in a ltr of water.Was your Vet a bird Vet??? 10mg/ml woops! and yes they were. they havent called me yet which is disappointing. actually it just says: Ivomec Injection 10mg/ml (ML) not sure if they mean 10ml :|

Hey! THANKYOU FOR THE REPLY! George was given an ivomec injection, 10mls for the scaly mites. hmm, he was given a micro wet prep, where they put a tube down his throat and got a sample. I'm waiting on a reply from the vet to see why this diagnosis failed. Also, if it possible for a budgie to be in a coma? like i read about humans thought to be dead, but actually was alive but was paralysed. Is it possible for a budgie? I'm feeling a bit better now, :]

Hi, Not sure if this is in the right area but anyways.. I found my budgie who is only about 8 months old lying on the floor. By the time i walked to the car to go the vet he had already died. A few weeks ago, I took him to the vet for scaly mites, which was treated by an injection. Then, I noticed his breathing sounded like it was blocked, and he was tired all the time. So we went to the vet again, and was told he had a respiration infection. He was given antibiotics, (enrofloxacin) and was told to give him about 0.2mls every 12 hours for 6 days. I gave him the antibiotics a little longer because he still seemed sick. That was on the 16/1/2012, and its been a few weeks now. So I'm just wondering, was it right for the veteran to have given him the antibiotics? or was it my fault? should i have finished the entire bottle? or just stopped giving him the antibiotics after 6 days? I MISS HIM SO MUCH. HOW DO YOU GET OVER THE DEATH OF A PET? :{ Thanks :'[

thankyou for all your quick responses ! - there is plenty of seed in the cage, the problem is, there is only one bowl, so there tends to be a lot of fighting over who gets the bowl first. I'm hoping on purchasing another bowl. - i feed my budgies fruit and vegies, i've just made scrambled eggs without oil or anything, mixed in with some vegies, because their main diet right now is seeds, but they eat lots of vegies. - we have a playground which the budgies do not enjoy. if i do let them have their own room, obviously checking for wires and powers, would they just do their buisness on the carpets? i saw a video, where this woman kept 2 budgies in the same cage and she put in two bowls, one assigned for each of them, and they would eat some and just switch bowls every minute or so. right now, bows (the larger but younger one) is always eating lots of seeds and always getting buttons to come down from the seed bowls. the cage is enough room for the budgies, however, we wanted to get a larger cage, but we got ripped off, we ended up paying 400 dollars overall for the budgies, cage, toys, playground, and some budgie seed mix, so its a bit hard to get cash out of our pockets. the cage door itself is small and hard to take things from the cage and out. if you have any good online websites which sell good big cages for low prices, please let me know ! having a larger cage, would mean the budgies can have their own personal space, and wont fight as much since they are females THANKYOU !

Hi Everyone ! I'm new to this forum so Hi ! Anyways, I have a few questions, and most of them is best in this category, so instead of me posting a couple of threads, I'm just going to put everything here ! I got two lovely baby budgies a few months ago, I'm assuming they are both female, not too sure yet, one has a purple pinkish cere, with blue in the middle ? and the other is purple blue. I was told by the pet owner they 'MIGHT' be both females but they weren't too certain because they were still pretty young. They haven't come out of their cages without being forced, I know forcing budgies is not good, so we stopped forcing them out and they just freak out once they are outside their cage. They aren't too afraid of my hand, infact when i play with them they seem to want my hand there.. They are bonding with me quite quickly but they have been fighting. When we got them they were tamed, but now they will bite if they don't want your hand next to him. At first in the pet shop, they were great buddies, and we ended up only buying one of the pair. It was then I realised the one we got was sort of down, or sad, so we ended up getting the other, and they reunited by preening each other which was cute, but now they play together but they fight over toys and who to eat first or take a bath. I often do a quick 'STOP, no fighting!' and they would stop and stare at me, but is it normal for them to fight so much? Oh yeah, I'm not too sure if it helps but, they might be from a different clutch, because I think one of them is younger than the other, since it was late a few months growing it's long end tail. How to know when to cut their nails ? When do they need a checkup ? I bought a sand bar, and they started eating the sand off them, I removed them, but they have probably digested a lot of that sand, should i be concerned? Mealtimes and Food - I put seeds into a bowl and hang it in the cage with water in another. Sometimes i put a container with water for a bath on sunny days. Every morning, I usually get a plate and put some greens, such as lettuce, celery, apple, corn, peas and basically anything thats in my fridge. I'm careful to not give them anything with salt or sugar, just natual fruit and vegies. I usually remove the plate full off vegies and fruit out once it gets all mucky because my budgies love walking on their food, and then for the rest of the day they have their seeds to full their tummies. Is this bad? because they don't fly around the house to exercise but they play a lot in the cage, and I've head that seed mix is bad for them because they are like sugar or candy to them. I don't want my budgies to get unfit and fat. I've seen other owners preparing food such as vegies and fruit into bowls as well as a small portion of seeds and putting them into the cage. If i were to do that, how do I know it will be enough for the two budgies to last the day since my budgies have seeds there in the cage incase if they were hungry? and I know one of my budgies is a little more aggressive and may eat my other budgie's share of the food. Also, if I were to control what my budgies ate, do I have to make their meals, breakfast, lunch or dinner, or just breakfast and hope it fulls them up all day ? Thanks ! I haven't really read over what I wrote, but if you can take the time to read, and give me advice, it will be great ! By The Way, my budgies are called Button and Bows ,