Growth above budgies nose

[tweetie56]

Hi All,

Follow the link to some photos of my budgie (Tweetie)

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Could someone please help me identify the "growth" that is above his nose/beak. It had happened before, but went away after a day or so. This time it has been here for a week or so. I would take him to the vet, but COVID is rampant in my area now, so I would like to leave it as a last resort.


He is 4.5 years old and other than this growth is not one bit different from the day I got him when he was seven weeks.

[Hezz]

That is unusual. I've not seen that before. Is it stuck to his feathers, as it looks like, attached to his cere?? Have you attempted to remove it yourself? I'd be tempted to try to loosen it with some warm water on the corner of a cloth or similar as you say it has happened before and then came off.

Are his nostrils clean and clear?

[Marianne Marlow]

To my untrained eye, it looks like some nasal discharge that has gone hard. How is the budgie healthwise, what do the droppings look like?

[Hezz]

Jul 29, 2020 22:13:45 GMT Marianne Marlow said:

To my untrained eye, it looks like some nasal discharge that has gone hard. How is the budgie healthwise, what do the droppings look like?

Possibly, which is why I've asked if the nostril are clean and clear. It is awfully dirty if it has come from the nostrils, and awfully thick, looking more like blood, and looking like it is stuck to the feathers. Poster says he is not presenting as ill.