I woke up this morning to find my budgie's ears exposed! It seemed to happen overnight on both ears. He's been acting normal, eating well. There was a bit of ruckus (sp?) in the cage last night but nothing major. I've taken one of my other budgies (three live together) to the local vet for loss of feathers on his legs. The vet found nothing wrong?? I'm worried something is spreading between them. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thank you,

 

Becky

can you please post a picture of your bird, thank you.

Make sure it is in good lighting (natural preferably) so we can see what you are talking about.

I can't figure out how to post a picture. I tried to add a picture of him as my personal picture but the site won't let me. It's telling me to contact an administrator.

 

In the meantime I'll try to explain it a little better. He's losing more feathers. Now there's a bald spot on the top of his head. It looks red and sore. I'll have to take him back to that same vet tomorrow, there are no avian vets anywhere near here. I wouldn't mind going in with a bit of advice, so thank you for trying to get back to me so quick, and any advice would be greatly appreciated!

 

His temperament seems fine which is good. He has little black spots on his head, although he's had these before. It looks like (please forgive me for having no idea what this is called and for my terrible explanation)... the little spikes that birds get, that they normally clean off of each other, but the two other birds in the family don't clean his head, and he won't let me do it either (their not very tame).

 

Thats about all I can think of two describe him for now. I'll keep working on getting a picture up.

I can't figure out how to post a picture. I tried to add a picture of him as my personal picture but the site won't let me. It's telling me to contact an administrator.

 

In the meantime I'll try to explain it a little better. He's losing more feathers. Now there's a bald spot on the top of his head. It looks red and sore. I'll have to take him back to that same vet tomorrow, there are no avian vets anywhere near here. I wouldn't mind going in with a bit of advice, so thank you for trying to get back to me so quick, and any advice would be greatly appreciated!

 

His temperament seems fine which is good. He has little black spots on his head, although he's had these before. It looks like (please forgive me for having no idea what this is called and for my terrible explanation)... the little spikes that birds get, that they normally clean off of each other, but the two other birds in the family don't clean his head, and he won't let me do it either (their not very tame).

 

Thats about all I can think of two describe him for now. I'll keep working on getting a picture up.

 

 

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Edited November 18, 200915 yr by KAZ

Here's a photo of the budgie in question.

 

 

(Also had trouble getting photobucket to download it ll_bucky!?!?)

 

~~~ I can't remember how long ago, or what it was, but I remember a topic that I think was started by Dave with a similar problem. Also, if my memory serves me correctly, Liv has also dealt with a similar issue and was able to give advice... will try and find the info. ~~~

Edited November 19, 200915 yr by maesie

It's hard to tell if this is an ear infection. Is there yellow crust and/or wetness in or around the ear??

If there are other symptoms, as LIV mentioned above, here's the link to the topic I remembered... although the pictures in this thread do seem to be worse than your guy.

 

Ear Infection

The area looks pretty clean as far as I can tell and he doesn't appear to be in any pain. He has lots of energy and eats well and everything. I had a branch from outside in their cage. I can't really tell if their are mites in it but I threw it out anyway. I'm going to try the white cloth thing tonight because I'm worried about the black spots on his head. I tried to pick one off but he won't let me. Should I try harder? I don't want to stress him out unless its for a good cause.

 

Good news is it hasn't gotten any worse today.

 

Thank you all again for your advice.

 

Becky