Hello! I have a question about my new budgie. she has been with me for 2 weeks now and though she is active and curios and seems absolutely fine health-wise she seems to be having a slight problem with her poop. Sometimes it is fine, but sometimes it is light green (like my other budgie's when he has had some greens though she doesn't have any greens). I have read that raspberry cordial helps very well against different bacteria and consequently with minor stool problems so i wondered if i could just give her some of that for some time and see how her poops are doing but the thing is i don't seem to be able to find pure raspberry cordial! the closest i have found is mint and raspberry. In ingredients it says: "mint extract from english garden mint" and it has got 30% of raspberry juice (half fresh juice, half from concentrate). Would that be okay? Thank you very much for reply

Edited March 27, 200817 yr by Irisha

I’m no expert on the subject, but it could help, as I don’t think the mint would be a problem. It’s suppose to have a strong % of Raspberry, I could only find 25% here & I sometime give it to my bird, on one occasion I had a bird with a dirty vent & gave a fairly strong mixture, as I couldn’t find the correct % & it certainly seemed to improve, of course whether it was from the cordial or just got better it’s hard to say. But there is a lot written about how good it is.

If it didn't have the mint in your mixture i would tell you to give them some as it wont do any harm ....

I am not sure about the mint ingreedtenet though, so I'd wait until we find out if mint is safe

Mint herb is among allowed ones for the budgies as far as i know so i thought it should be alright. Plus it is not an artificial flavouring but real mint. I also tasted the cordial myself and you can't really taste mint So hope that will be alright. Thank you for your replies. :parrot:

If your budgie is having off and on runny poos you can treat the symptoms but you really need to know the underlying cause of what is happening and the only way you can figure that out is by scheduling an apppointment with an avian vet so they can do some tests to see if this is just normal issues or if there is more going on.

 

I have personally experience having a bird that had runny poos and then in a few hours went to Rainbow Bridge. I am not here to scare you but to just educate that though there are wonderful home remedies sometimes our feathered friends need more.

Yes i have already found an avian vet in my area and planning a visit for at least a general check-up. But the thing is i think she just still is a bit stressed as she is new to our household:). Once she flew out of the cage when i was changing her water and it took us a lot of effort and stress for her (and i am really sorry about it and kept apologizing to the girl Betty all along :D ) to get her back and after that her poop was abit runny whereas before that it was fine. That is why i am not too worried about her just yet.

I could see if her being stressed for the first week but she should have been settled in and the poops back to normal. I see you have 2 budgies under your profile, I assume she is in quarantine and away from your other bird? I personally (just my view) would schedule that avian vet appointment for peace of mind but that is just me.

Yep, she is in quarantine. I hope they become really good and HEALTHY! friends soon .

I have been reading this forum for a while (all day today about budgies' behavior, really entertaining! ) so have learnt a few good things!

Thank you for your advice, Elly

Congrat on your new addition .. Like Norm said the % has to be High and from what I can read from the Ingredient List it seems fine with me ... Ask your vet when you go about Black & Camomile Tea this can help too in sick birds .....