Just today my budgie has started twitching her left leg. Can anyone help me figuring out what's wrong? She's (I think it's a she?) is not hand tame yet so I can't get too close to look at it. Here's a video.

I'm sorry the lighting isn't great. I'd appreciate any advice possible! Does this warrant a trip to the vet?

Hi, It doesn't look like she's ill. Can you tell if the perch she's on is sticky e.g .? She just looks like she's adjusting her grip on the perch.

 

p.s. I think "she" may be a "he".

Edited July 23, 201311 yr by robyn

I couldn't say abt the twitch other than I do notice a larger lump on top of L/H foot or Could be the lighting.

I do think that she is a he.

It might be the perch. It looks very smooth and skinny. Try changing the perch and see what happens.

At first glance I thought she was a she due to the white area around the nostrils. Have you thought of a name for her yet? Maybe 'Twitchy' ! :lightbulb:

Edited July 27, 201311 yr by amum4children

Thank you so much! I think she/he was just a little itchy that day, I gave her/him a spray bath and the twitching has since stopped. I have another perch in there and the perch gets wider at the other end. And she has a band on her left foot so that's the lump you saw. The name we came up with was Romeo, but we changed it to Romea when we thought she was a she. I need to take another video and post it to ask everyone what they think. Sometimes the cere looks blue but then when I see other male budgies it makes me think she's definitely a female because it's never as blue as the other birds I've seen. Thank you all for answering!