May 21, 2020 17:54:17 GMT
082616301
Brand New Budgie
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Post by 082616301 on May 21, 2020 18:00:05 GMT
recently my female budgie started being abnormally unwilling to let me touch her. She backs away if I try to get her to step up, or touch her feathers which she used to do all the time. She also won't fly around my room anymore when I leave the cage open. My girlfriend thought she was molting, since the feathers right above her nose look spiky, and unkept but she hasn't sprouted any pin feathers yet and its been 4 days. I became worried though, because her poop started to change color. It is now a lightish green color, with a few lighter brown poops. Is this normal? I'm worried she's sick, but shes also not showing any other symptoms of sickness. No nasal discharge, lethargy, lack of appetite, or thirst. She still beelines to me when I have millet too. Is she sick? or is there some other reason that her behavior randomly changed? I'd appreciate any help I can get.
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Post by tweetiepiesmom on May 21, 2020 18:18:15 GMT
Posting pictures of her and the poop will help the experts to see what is going on. Has she had a change of diet - eating more greens or fresh food? Drinking more water or chewing on her cuttlebone more or eating more oyster shells or grit? How old is she?
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Post by Hezz on May 22, 2020 10:38:19 GMT
A hard moult can cause changes to poop and behaviour - sleeping more and grumpy with it. If she has lost primary flight feathers then she may not be as inclined to fly as usual. Give her some dry eggfood or hard boiled egg, mashed for extra protein.
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