Can anyone please help me, me and my girlfriend have just recently bought our first house, and thought we would get a budgie and what my problem is, I've had my budgie Snowy since saturday and since i've had her she has not eaten or drank anything at all she has also never made a sound . I also noticed she had mites so i went to my local pet shop and told them about these Mites she advised me on a spray to use i've used it and the mites have started dying off. but other than that am really quite worried as obviously she has not eaten anything or drank for 4 days now can any1 help me please many thanks Phil

P.S she is very nervous and wont come out of her cage and won't let me near her at all, am really worried please help me and my pet snowy.

Edited August 9, 200717 yr by **KAZ**
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Hi and welcome to our forums

 

don't worry about not seeing her eat or drink, alot of people on here has never seen their budgie drink water. since she is new she is probably just starting to get use to her surroundings, you can spread some seeds on the floor for her to find them ( she may not know where her food is in the cage yet, soon she will figure it out. )

sorry that your little one got mites. l personally wouldn't use that spray on her, l would go to an avian vet to get her properly treated. also most pet stores don't know alot about birds and alot of times they give improper advice. what you could also do is rub a very tiny amount of vaseline, mineral oil or olive oil on her beak/feet where the mites are, making sure none of it gets on her feathers. it will help her to get some relief from the itches caused by the mites.

she will be nervous around you for a while since she is new but l'm sure that once she has been around you for a while, she will start to calm down and start to act just like a regular budgie

 

oh and by the way, we love pictures here and if you can we would love to see pics of your little snowy.

Edited August 8, 200717 yr by birdluv

Hi and welcome to our forums

 

don't worry about not seeing her eat or drink, alot of people on here has never seen their budgie drink water. since she is new she is probably just starting to get use to her surroundings, you can spread some seeds on the floor for her to find them ( she may not know where her food is in the cage yet, soon she will figure it out. )

sorry that your little one got mites. l personally wouldn't use that spray on her, l would go to an avian vet to get her properly treated. also most pet stores don't know alot about birds and alot of times they give improper advice. what you could also do is rub a very tiny amount of vaseline, mineral oil or olive oil on her beak/feet where the mites are, making sure none of it gets on her feathers. it will help her to get some relief from the itches caused by the mites.

she will be nervous around you for a while since she is new but l'm sure that once she has been around you for a while, she will start to calm down and start to act just like a regular budgie

 

oh and by the way, we love pictures here and if you can we would love to see pics of your little snowy.

 

Thanks alot am really concerned because when i was a kid i had a budgie and i never remember having any problems at all. i just cant wait for her to start chirping away and enjoying hersefl thanks a lot again. I appreciate it a lot.

Edited August 9, 200717 yr by **KAZ**
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Budgie just new to the family can take a while to settle down. Play some soft music around becuase pure silents means danger to a budgie. It's great that you are talking to Bluie (or is it Snowy?) do so every time you are near the cage even if just walking by.

 

As for eating blow lightly on the seed dish to see if empty seed hulls are there. If you have millet sprays then add one to the box as this is an easy and favourite seed for them to eat. Also if your cage doesn't have a wire bottom sprinkle seeds on the ground for him to find. If it does have wire add another small shallow dish on the ground. Some birds are unable to find the seed dish at first and the lower or sprinkled seed helps them eat until they find it.

 

Also I closed your other topic since the same question was brought up here.

:ausb: Hello and welcome to our forums, your experience is NOT unusual for a new budgie. You might want to put small containers of food and water on the cage floor (like plastic lid caps) for the first little bit until Snowy gets used to the "official" containers. So sorry that he/she has mites, glad you have got treatment and can monitor so you can see if the initial treatment has worked, you are already being a GREAT new budgie owner! Check out the FAQS and if you can't find answers, ask us, we are always here. :ausb:

Welcome, we have a wonderful FAQ section up on top that you can also read through for some excellent advice on top of the sound advice you have already received.

 

When you have a chance and post a picture of your new feathered friend that would be awesome