2 healthy female budgies have died only after 2 months of buying them. I am new to keeping budgies. One female was only young say 10mths old, one morning from being in apparant good health suddenly spent all day on the cage floor then died gasping for air, her body was absolutely normal, no marking all normal. The next day the other female approx 2yrs old began staying on the cage floor also and her appearance became worse by the hour from looking normal night before. She developed huge dark rings around her eyes and she became puffy and hunch like, she constantly scratched her head before passing away the same night. The 2 male seem okay at the moment, please help, any advice would be appreciated.

 

Regards to all

 

Gino

For the birds to die so quickly, although they can be ill for some time before showing symptoms (fluffy, hunched not eating etc). First thing if ill, heat lamp. I'd say possibly lung/air sac mite infection. I'd get some Ivomectin for birds NOW and put one drop behind head of each bird you have left. The ill ones could have passed the infection to your other birds, not showing symptoms at this stage. The Ivomectin should control any internal Worms, Mites etc. check your birds for any external mites etc. if any of your other birds start to act in the same way an avian vet may be your best bet if the Ivomectin did not work. You will have to act quickly though or you could lose them.

Good luck with them and let us know how you go.

If you are able to take the boys in to an avian vet (not a normal vet- you would be wasting your money), then I would take them in now, and not wait for them to show symptoms. By then it may be too late, as you can see that your hens each died on the first day of their symptoms. Testing might be able to let the vet know what to treat them for, and in a timely manner.

 

But it is also possible that the test could come back inconclusive, if whatever it is hasn't built up enough in the males yet. And it is also possible that they will have a natural immunity to fight it off, and they could be lifelong carriers, but never suffer from a single symptom. Each person has to decide for themself how much they are willing to spend on vet visits and testing.

sounds like mites and its okay sometimes bird have weak hearts and will die for no reason and were did you get them from? were they from home or petstore? this can be the answer please let me know how you go....

Hi You give no info how your birds were kept or fed. Without such info we're making wild guesses....B.J.

they could have suffered from a heart attack as well as heart fallure