I think my first baby is getting splayed legs....he is 9 days old and his one leg sticks out to the side. Could someone try and help me fix it? I added another 2 handfuls of shavings in the nest box but I'm not sure if this is working I just noticed today. Has anyone had a spaly legged baby?

you can pm bubbles she has dealt and fixed splayed legs successfully along with having pictures of how on this site

If you look in the Breeding help section. Look for my topic "My 5 year old budgie is going to lay an egg". Karen posted some methods for splay leg treatment in there.

Thanks, Sailorwolf ...I couldnt remember where I had posted that. Cheers Maybe I had better pin that topic.

I have a solution that worked for splayed legs. You have to catch it early....under 2-3 weeks.

 

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 occasional problem can 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.

 

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