I went out to the aviary this morning and saw Boof sort or fall off a perch. He just sat on the ground once he was down there and seemed to be favouring one side. He sort of rolled onto one side and just sat there. I went in and picked him up and had a look at his foot. I put him in a cage by himself so that he doesn't get it caught on anything but I don't know what else to do. When I touched it and moved it he didn't seem to mind, but he just won't use it. I don't think he's in shock or anything, but I just wondered if there was anything else I should be doing or if there's something else wrong. At first I thought it was the same disease several of our birds have had. But he doesn't have any of the symptoms of that so I can only think that his leg is the problem

 

Any help is appreciated.

I would recommend a vet, as I have tried to deal with broken legs on my own, and it has not worked.

 

I would put the bird in a seperate cage with a heat lamp. Watch it for a day, see if it is eating, see if the leg is bruised or damaged.

You said he kind of fell off the perch and kind of was leaning sideways ? I wonder if he is weak from an illness more than a broken or sprained leg ? As you said you manipulated the leg and he was fine with it.

Has he a poopy bottom ? Is he thin ?

Edited December 7, 200915 yr by KAZ

Had one like that recently. My birds like to get down and chew on your feet when you walk into the flights. A not very coordinated mate visited recently and I reckon trod on one. The bird wouldn't put any weight on it so I put him in a baby cage for 6 weeks and now you would not know anything happened.

Good luck,

PT

Had one like that recently. My birds like to get down and chew on your feet when you walk into the flights. A not very coordinated mate visited recently and I reckon trod on one. The bird wouldn't put any weight on it so I put him in a baby cage for 6 weeks and now you would not know anything happened.

Good luck,

PT

 

not very coordinated mate - any names??

The last 12 months I traded budgie knowledge' space in my brain ( ) for work knowledge.

 

But dont birds get tumour (abdoman, kidney?) that once it gets to large, presses on arteries or nerves and restricts leg movement??

 

I did know something about it but seem to have forgotten alot lately

Had one like that recently. My birds like to get down and chew on your feet when you walk into the flights. A not very coordinated mate visited recently and I reckon trod on one. The bird wouldn't put any weight on it so I put him in a baby cage for 6 weeks and now you would not know anything happened.

Good luck,

PT

 

not very coordinated mate - any names??

 

 

He makes me look like a dwarf!

Had one like that recently. My birds like to get down and chew on your feet when you walk into the flights. A not very coordinated mate visited recently and I reckon trod on one. The bird wouldn't put any weight on it so I put him in a baby cage for 6 weeks and now you would not know anything happened.

Good luck,

PT

 

not very coordinated mate - any names??

 

 

He makes me look like a dwarf!

 

jf

Had one like that recently. My birds like to get down and chew on your feet when you walk into the flights. A not very coordinated mate visited recently and I reckon trod on one. The bird wouldn't put any weight on it so I put him in a baby cage for 6 weeks and now you would not know anything happened.

Good luck,

PT

 

not very coordinated mate - any names??

 

 

He makes me look like a dwarf!

 

jf

 

who else!

Thanks all. I don't think he's sick because I only noticed it this morning when I went out and he was fine yesterday. I think I heard some fighting before I went out so he might have been fighting and then got his foot caught.Mine also go down and nibble your feet when you're in the aviary, he's usually one of the ones to do that, but no one has stepped on him. I just checked on him and he looked fine, just not perching on that leg.Oops, I forgot to say: He doesn't have a poopy vent, that was the first thing i checked for because some of our budgies have had a mysterious disease and just died from it really fast, but they always seem really woozy first with a poopy vent. I was so relieve when he was clean, he's one of our most beautiful boys.As i said, he seemed fine when i checked on him just then, he had perched so he could sort of lean on the side of the cage while holding his foot up.

No expert here but I know of a budgie who exhibited similar difficulties and it turned out to be a stroke.

Thanks all for the help.

 

I put Boof back into the aviary this morning as he had looked fine for a week and seemed very anxious to get back to his friends. Hopefully he will be okay but I will keep an eye on him for a while to make sure he is completely fine.