l noticed just now that Popcorn had some growth on her cere , around her beak , so right away l grabbed her ( real gently ) and l put her in a different cage , right now l have her quarantined from the rest , l also checked each of my other birds and they were all fine .

l suspect that she has Scaly Face , here is what she looks like ;

 

 

 

so tomorrow l'm going to try and get a hold of my avian vet , hopefully l will be able to get an appointment soon , so l can start her on the proper treatment right away and also to start to treat the rest of the my flock so they won't get it .

 

well , l'm off to clean their cage and everything else .

Edited October 29, 200618 yr by birdluv

Awwww poor Popcorn - I think you are right! It is good that you got onto it so quickly Hopefully she will be back to normal soon.

Sweet, poor Popcorn, glad you are taking her in.

yeah it looks like scaley face to me too. Oscar has just got his cleared up - good luck with all your cleaning!! Hope Popcorn gets his gorgeous beak back soon!

aww poor lil darling.. It looks like scaly face and it will all clear up pretty fast when treatments started..

thanks everyone ,

l got a hold of my avian vet , she was busy today and then she is going away for a few days but luckily she will be back on wednesday so

popcorn now has an appointment on wednesday at 2 pm .

Edited October 29, 200618 yr by birdluv

YAY

 

edit: In all my excitement i forgot to say, make sure that once hes stared treatment.. don't forget to scrub EVERYTHING in the cage he is in and anything he has had contact with, even if possible remove all wooden perches and replace with new ones.. the little mites like to burrow into the wood also..

Edited October 29, 200618 yr by »-(¯`Una´¯)-»

:fear YAY

 

edit: In all my excitement i forgot to say, make sure that once hes stared treatment.. don't forget to scrub EVERYTHING in the cage he is in and anything he has had contact with, even if possible remove all wooden perches and replace with new ones.. the little mites like to burrow into the wood also..

 

 

hi i dont what to like freak u out but that sound alot like what happend to my breeding budgies they got growths on there crest and i took them out and got medication for them i had them in mite spary, antibodictrs and every the vet told me and sorry to say the both died from it if u fond a way to stop it can u plz pm what to do as i dont what any of the other was getting it

 

You should get a spot on treatment from the vet called Ivermectin. One spot at the back of the neck on the affected budgie and any who have been near it, then repeat the treatment 2 weeks later. Simple as that. If you look at the sticky topics in this forum you will see a before and after scaly face posted by me, ivermectin works really well.

update .

l just got back from the vet and yes it is scaly face , popcorn got treated and l have to go back next week and every week for 4 weeks for her treatment . my vet also recommended to rub olive oil or baby oil or mineral oil in the effected area , to ease the itchiness from the mites .