buzz the budgie

Thank you and sorry for all the questions

Hi Kaz and thank you for that info. I understand entirely and am now even more scared to do it!!!! The poor little thing is really not ready to be handled daily. Unfortunately I do not have a crop tube or anyone to show me how to do it. I am really trying to do the best for this budgie that I can as he is really lovely and is settling beautifully, except for when he is handled. The vet said to keep up the antibiotics for ten days and we are now on day 7 and he seems quite fit (other than his wing obviously) and well. Is it worth stopping the antibiotics as he has had a weeks worth?? I am worried that the stress might do more damage than handling him and providing the antiobiotics - does that make sense or sound completely silly?? Cheers for now, Buzz and family PS I can understand how people become budgie addicts

Hello, could someone please give me some advice about the correct/easy way to give a budgie antibiotics via a syringe. He is on Baytril following bleeding from a broken wing and as he is a wild, rescued budgie I would like to do it in the quickest and safest way so as not to stress him out too much. Thank you and cheers for now, Buzz and family

Hello and thank you so much for your replies and info. I'm glad that you feel that we are generally on the right track. He seems better again today and I have been able to spend a bit more time with him and he seems to be responding and appearing more comfortable. Birdluv, I entirely understand what you mean about his 'pet status' however I am 95% sure he is a wild budgie as I live in a rural area on a very quiet dirt road quite a way from other houses and we regularly have flocks of budgies flying around - which is lovely. I will post a photo of him to see what you think. Thank you again everyone and I will post a question in the health section about the antibiotics. Cheers for now, Buzz and family

Hi Everyone, I am so pleased to have found this forum, as I have been really quite unsure about what to do with a few issues with beautiful Buzz ( a wild, rescued Australian Budgie) (the kids named him Buzz after Buzz Lightyear!). I found him last week, clinging to our fencepost with a broken wing, which appeared to be a clean break as there was not a lot of blood. So I rang the vet, who was away until the following day. Overnight, Buzz must have been in pain as he was bleeding quite a bit in the morning, so the vet splinted his wing and he is now on antibiotics and appears to be doing quite well, I think! The problem is though, is that I have never owned a budgie before and I am unsure about how to effectively give him his antibiotics without stressing him out too much and also getting it into his mouth properly. Also, he is mainly in a quiet room with natural light ie sunrise/sunset are 'normal'. Is this okay, should I be covering him at a certain time, do they prefer to be covered and does too much unnatural light affect them badly?? I am taking him outside for short periods during the day as well as bringing him into our living area (when the house is quiet!) - is this all okay? He seems to be doing okay and he is recognising my voice and doing lots of 'blinking' but still gets quite shaky when I go to get him out once a day for his medicine. I am sorry for going on for so long, but I really want to make sure I am doing the right thing for Buzz and give him the best chance to be happy, as he is just beautiful and has been so brave!! Cheers for now, Buzz and family!