Hello,

I have had my budgie Sherbet for 6 years and always thought that he was a male as he has a distinctive blue cere.

Recently I noticed he was breathing faster than usual so I took him to the vet.

The vet discovered a quite large lump (which if he was a female the vet would have though was an egg) on his abdomen and after completing some tests she concluded that the lump was an abscess.

I was given antibiotics to give to Sherbet to hopefully get rid of the abscess and was told if the lump did not decrease in size significantly in about 4 days it would need to be removed.

I spoke to the vet again today and she is not 100% sure it is an abscess.

She said there is a chance that Sherbet is a female budgie as some female budgie have a blue cere (which would mean that it could be an egg).

He is getting a DNA test on Monday.

I am just wondering if anyone has experienced anything similar to this before or knows about female budgies with blue ceres.

 

Thanks a lot

 

 

 

These are the best photos I could find.

 

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Sherbet is a BOY budgie. Females with blue on their cere always have white with the blue not the full depth of blue colour Sherbet has.

Is your vet a qualified avian vet ?

Sherbet is a BOY budgie. Females with blue on their cere always have white with the blue not the full depth of blue colour Sherbet has.Is your vet a qualified avian vet ?

 

No I don't think she is. We had to take him to an emergency vet as not many vets were open on Monday as it was a public holiday and the vet we take our other animals to doesn't really specialize in birds. I would like to take him to an avian vet but I am not sure of any in the Newcastle region. From the looks of it though he probably does have an abscess.

Edited October 9, 200915 yr by abbie

Feather cyst on the preening gland most likely or a tumour. Lets hope its a feather cyst. If it was a tumour you would expect a lot more brown on his cere and also perhaps some paralysis of legs. Didnt sound like your vet was a full bottle of knowledge on birds to me. There doesnt seem to be any need for a dna test to determine sex. Any vet who knows birds well enough would be able to tell Sherbet is a boy.

 

By the way.........welcome to our forum

Edited October 9, 200915 yr by KAZ

Feather cyst on the preening gland most likely or a tumour. Lets hope its a feather cyst. If it was a tumour you would expect a lot more brown on his cere and also perhaps some paralysis of legs. Didnt sound like your vet was a full bottle of knowledge on birds to me. There doesnt seem to be any need for a dna test to determine sex. Any vet who knows birds well enough would be able to tell Sherbet is a boy.

 

By the way.........welcome to our forum

 

Yeah he is acting like his usual self; eating, drinking, dancing and singing as normal

Hopefully the antibiotics will clear the cyst right up. Yeah i don't think I will go ahead with the test...seems like a waste of money. Might look for an avian vet tomorrow.

Thankyou very much for your help! It was indeed very helpful.

Sherbet is gorgeous Reminds me of my budgie Ash

I hope he's okay

Feather cyst on the preening gland most likely or a tumour. Lets hope its a feather cyst. If it was a tumour you would expect a lot more brown on his cere and also perhaps some paralysis of legs. Didnt sound like your vet was a full bottle of knowledge on birds to me. There doesnt seem to be any need for a dna test to determine sex. Any vet who knows birds well enough would be able to tell Sherbet is a boy.

 

By the way.........welcome to our forum

 

Kaz is right budgies are very easy to sex once they are at a mature age like yours.

i dont know about that vet....i wouldnt see her in a bad situation if i was you lol

HE is a handsome guy!!! and, I'd also get a new vet. We have a list on the forums of vets, so try doing a search in the health section.

 

P.S. WELCOME!!!