Healthy Budgie and Sick Budgie Poo

[BudgiesBuddy]

Healthy Budgie Poo

[BudgiesBuddy]

Sick Budgie Poo

[BudgiesBuddy]

A budgie can have watery poo while being healthy if he has had greens like spinach etc.

[barrieshutt]

grey droppings are an infection of the pancreas.

[stace]

Healthy and sick budgie poop. (Ignore the red staining. My bird had just eaten beetroot.)

On the right is healthy poop. On the left and middle is bad poop. Note the excessive water, indicated by the large water stains around the poop itself.

This excess liquid condition is called "polyuria", where there is excess liquid AROUND the poop. The faeces may be coiled or uncoiled.

Excessive liquid can indicate a number of problems - toxins in the system, bacterial infection, kidney or liver disease, parasitic infection and more, or a combination of issues.

In this case illustrated here, it was intestines and stomach blocked by a mass of string fibres my budgie had eaten. He was drinking copious amounts of water because of it. Bacterial and yeast infections followed as the blockage began to ferment in his stomach.

[stace]

Here's another side by side comparison of healthy and bad poop.

On the right is healthy poop. On the left is bad poop.

Note how the bad poop is extra large and in a puddle of wet. Sometimes breeding hens can do large poops without indicating a problem. My bird, however, is a cock bird.

The large, wet poop with the excessive liquid around it was the first indication of a looming health issue - a blocked gizzard. It can also indicate other health problems as well.

[stace]

Here's some more bad poop.

In this case the bird had both a bacterial and a yeast infection, diagnosed through poop and crop analysis. They were caused by a fermenting blockage in his stomach.

Note the green staining. While the poop itself is reasonably well shaped - small and tight - the green stain indicates a lingering infection.

[BudgiesBuddy]

Great contribution Stace

[milliej]

thanks Stace, poo is a good health indicator! My Mischief has started eating (?) more grit of late, could there be a health reason for that? thanks.

[Marianne Marlow]

A kind forum member has emailed me a photograph of her budgies droppings to show what they look like when the bird has been diagnosed with Megabacteria.

Thank you Ruth and Pepito.

[BudgiesBuddy]

Thank you Ruth and Pepito

[ruthpaton]

You're welcome! Pepito is a bit embarrassed about his poos being online but he doesn't mind too much if it might help someone.. :-) I'm pleased to report his droppings already look a little better after just two days on the probiotic the vet prescribed for him. It's not a cure but will help his body keep the megabacteria under control.

[Hezz]

We are all wishing for a healthy Peppie, Ruth. Glad things are looking better.

[maz]

Hi again,
Frankie always seemed to have looser poos than Benny, but as our previous budgie was the same I didn't worry, but the last couple of days both have had very loose droppings - yes, they've been having broccoli and also chickweed, but should I be worried?

[BudgiesBuddy]

You shouldn't be worried if the there is a very recent diet change.