Budgie ID braclet

[finiteguy]

Just wondering what the concensus is on the id tag braclet that comes with most Budgies. My vet told me once that they can be an irritant to the budgie. She said it can be removed but there is risk of the removal tool causing injury.

[Hezz]

Just me, but I don't like them. I don't even like the look of that little ring around their leg - makes me think of a convict! ;D I think the remove/leave on debate is probably about 50/50. The ring can get caught on things and cause terrible leg injuries, but then the removal of the ring can cause an injury too (although I would have expected better from a vet!)

[BudgiesBuddy]

I have not seen a budgie irritated by a ring. They have it since 7 days old so it doesn't bother them normally, unless otherwise

[Bird Junky]

Jun 21, 2012 1:17:29 GMT finiteguy said:

Just wondering what the concensus is on the id tag braclet that comes with most Budgies. My vet told me once that they can be an irritant to the budgie. She said it can be removed but there is risk of the removal tool causing injury.

Hi Over the past 40 odd yrs, breeding /ringing budgies I
only ever had one bird sustain an injury to his leg necessitating
the ring removal. Our Vet got out his ring cutting snips & said
in all his years of practice he had never used them to remove a
leg ring from a small bird. He cut off the ring & handed me back
a dead budgie. Probably died of shock he said. I still got a bill
for the ring removal. Leg ring problems are not a regular
occurrence & should you lose a bird you have a greater
chance of it being returned. Yours B.J.

[BudgiesBuddy]

Jun 21, 2012 9:16:38 GMT Bird Junky said:

I still got a bill for the ring removal.

I would have not paid that bill at all.

[barrieshutt]

I found one hanging on a piece of loose twilweld wire , ones not bad considering i have bred over 7,000 budgerigars.........................without a ring we could tell you all our birds are less than one year old where as they could be old age pensioners.......................i do hope your cats and dogs do not have collars on

[Rachael Kellett]

Personally, I believe that unless the ring is bothering the budgie or the leg has swollen then I won't bother to remove it. As Barrie said they help you to tell the age of the bird and sometimes where it has come from

[barrieshutt]

with todays ring cutters they can be removed in seconds with no danger of injuring the bird or causing it stress

[Rachael Kellett]

Jun 21, 2012 14:46:00 GMT barrieshutt said:

with todays ring cutters they can be removed in seconds with no danger of injuring the bird or causing it stress

A quick question for you Barrie, my Holly has a silver leg ring on, it seems to be made out of a metal? Not plastic. Is there an easy, non risky way of removing this? She seems to chew at it every so often when out of the cage. I haven't bothered about it until now but thought I would ask.

[barrieshutt]

Easy with a ring cutter Rachael, ask a local breeder for help