Can anything be done for a budgie who is almost about a year old and has splayed legs?

Only things like patforms for them to rest on and such, correction of the problem can not happen now it needs to be caught very early in the nest to get corrected.

I didn't think so, but thank you for the reply anyways.

We've acouple of nestlings, about 3 weeks old, with signs of significant splaying. Is it too late to intervene to try and correct the problem? And, if we can still do something, what is the best thing to try?

We've acouple of nestlings, about 3 weeks old, with signs of significant splaying. Is it too late to intervene to try and correct the problem? And, if we can still do something, what is the best thing to try?

It best to catch this problem before the 3 week old stage but give it a try. I use a piece of flat makeup sponge ( rectangular in shape across the width ) ....cut two tiny holes or slits in it between half an inch apart or three quarters of an inch apart. Next is the difficult bit....you need two people. One to hold the budgie baby offering its legs and feet to go through the hole and one to make sure its feet and toes go through safely. Once you have both feet through the holes, push the section of sponge up past its "knees-ies" to the top section of leg. If too much excess sponge sticks out trim some back. I have used this method successfully already and a severely splayed baby was totally fixed. This enables the budgie to still get around in its box, doesnt tangle like some other methods may do. The only problem ban be rejection at times by the mother but most are fine with it. Make sure baby can still get up there to be fed and help it get closer to Mum to be fed if it is having trouble. Check the "splint" in a week...remove and see if legs are better. I usually at this time. if not quite right yet, re-do the split just a fraction closer in together for another week. By then it is usually fixed.

Good luck.

This baby was severely leg splayed and now you wouldn't know anything was ever wrong with it