Hello I have 2 budgies and the hen is currently sitting on eggs. This morning I heard a ruckus and ran out there to find my male bleeding and truly beaten up by the hen who had blood around her beak from where she had been biting him. He is very shaken up and I have brought him inside, keeping him quite and warm while he calms down. From when I brought him in I saw he has blood coming from a wing which is dry now, and what looked like a hole in his beak under the cere. He is currently sitting fluffed up in a box I have him in and I am wondering what I can do for him to help him through.

 

Thank you.

Hello I have 2 budgies and the hen is currently sitting on eggs. This morning I heard a ruckus and ran out there to find my male bleeding and truly beaten up by the hen who had blood around her beak from where she had been biting him. He is very shaken up and I have brought him inside, keeping him quite and warm while he calms down. From when I brought him in I saw he has blood coming from a wing which is dry now, and what looked like a hole in his beak under the cere. He is currently sitting fluffed up in a box I have him in and I am wondering what I can do for him to help him through.

 

Thank you.

 

 

Hi. I assume that his bleeding has stopped, since you said the blood is dry? And the hole on the cere is also not bleeding? Because first priority would be to stop any bleeding. (Ground pepper applied with pressure makes an excellent styptic.)

 

Set up a small cage for him for a hospital. Cover it on the top and three sides with a sheet or blanket or something, and place a warm lamp close to the open side. Supply seed and water, but also clip a piece of millet near the perch, so he has easy access when he wants it.

 

If he's not hurt too badly, just providing comfort like this can help him heal. If he is hurt too badly, then you will have to decide whether to hurry him to a vet for emergency care. (I've never had a budgie hurt so bad it needed that. I don't know what a vet could do. Stitches maybe?)

I'd also check your eggs to see they haven't been damaged. I had a cock last year that got at the eggs and hen took to him. He's still got a bit missing from his cere but it healed without any treatment.

 

Or you could just have an over protective hen. How long before eggs are due to hatch?