Advise please for Buddy

[ladybird]

Hi all , sorry not been around for awhile, not been well.    I am worried about Buddy.  Two weeks ago he finished a very heavy moult and hasn’t seemed himself since.   He has been very itchy and preening obsessively even though he has had a play under the tap most days.  Really grumpy too, just not himself. He is eating ok and his poops are normal but some days he just sits looking depressed.  He is very jumpy too at the slightest thing.
  What is odd the last few days is that he keeps lifting his wings as thought he is hot ( no the room hasn’t been too warm )…..
Something is wrong we know our birds don’t we……I can get him to a vet on Monday hopefully …he isn’t an avian vet but well known for being good with birds.    The Avian vet is too far for me to travel , I have a slipped disc 😟…….Sorry for long post, just wondering if you lovely peeps had any ideas??

[ffiscool]

I’m sorry you’ve not been well. slipped discs are so painful.

I hope someone will have an idea re Buddy.

[Azalea]

This might not be the best advice, but I wonder if he is depressed because you don't have other birds? Sorry if I am wrong, I might be remembering your bird incorrectly.

We've never owned just one Budgie for a lengthy amount of time (only Griffin for two or three weeks, before we got Topaz), so I am not familiar with how they behave when they are the only bird.

I know that getting another bird might not be ideal for you right now. I hope I don't sound pushy. Have you tried playing Budgie noise videos on YouTube? There are several. The Parrot Town YouTube channel also has background bird noise and music.

[ladybird]

He isn’t lonely we are with him all day and he is very bonded with me. He is usually out of his cage playing all day. He is usually a very chatty playful bud. So his behaviour just now isn’t normal for him, so I know there is something wrong but I just don’t know what.

[Marianne Marlow]

I'm sorry that Buddy has not been himself. I cannot think what it might be, I am hoping your vet has some ideas.

Has anything changed around the house since before he started acting oddly?

Your slipped disc sounds painful

[Ira]

To me it sounds like it might be the moult. Munchy used to go really quiet and make me worry that he was sick every time he moulted.
But hopefully the vet will be able to be more conclusive.

[ladybird]

Yesterday I nearly cancelled his vets appointment but glad I didn’t.    Yesterday he was very lively, out of his cage almost all day, talking a lot and had a really good bath .  This morning he is miserable again, just sitting on his perch looking miserable and some tail bobbing. He came out for a short while and sat with me then went back in his cage and is sleeping……….  This is becoming a regular thing….very lively for a few days and then a bad day.     I really don’t know what a vet can do as his symptoms are so very odd.   I would be very afraid of him doing blood tests  as he is not an Avain vet…….  Such a worry….I have my husband going in hospital this week for an operation and I am in a mess with this slipped disc……Everything happens at once 😟

[Marianne Marlow]

Silly question but is he more lively when it's a sunny day?

If it's gloomy then my birds are quiet and just sit about sleeping.

[ladybird]

No Marianne, it makes no difference 😟……..He is very itchy but hasn’t got mites.    He is only young  18 months, and I just can’t think what could be wrong.   He is eating and his poo looks fine, but he is definitely not right.  He is breathing a bit fast and some tail bobbing………I have been putting the nebuliser in his cage twice a day and it seems to perk him up…….. Hopefully the vet has some clue……It’s been hot here today but we are going to put his cage outside in the shade now, see if that helps him…..

[Marianne Marlow]

ladybird

Just wondered how Buddy is doing?

Hoping you're all okay.