r/BirdHealth

My finch (Marty) has been on the bottom of his cage for a while, doesn’t fly much but when he does he flies for a second and falls back to the ground, he’s limping(?) and doesn’t chirp or talk, let me pick him up and wrap him in a towel without biting or fighting (he never does, but i’d assume he’d try to get away) What’s going on?

This is my budgie Piña, I'm unsure whether they are female or male because the man who gave me them didn't say.

I'm worried about them. They're constantly sitting as shown in the photo, with a line under their belly. None of my other budgies do/have this.

They also have their wings propped slightly open as so, and I'm extremely worried. I wish I could take them to a vet, but I'm sixteen and my parents aren't listening to my worries.

Does anyone have any idea what it could be?

I found a listing for these cockatiels a few weeks ago and I had been chatting with the previous owner trying to get her to lower the price. The listing showed these two cockatiels in a shitty (literally) cage with a nesting box. When we picked them up and took the entire cage, we found fertilized eggs in the nesting box. I took the parents directly to an board certified avian vet and asked about the eggs. He told me to throw them out, but this was before I knew they were fertilized. They look to be about somewhere between days 7-10? I only have experience with rescuing and not breeding. I mostly despise backyard breeders. I had to throw away the old cage because of the rust and literal shit and the nesting box fell apart. I made a makeshift nest out of Tupperware and placed it in their new cage and they have taken zero interest in it all day. What now? I see embryos in the eggs.

Edit: Let me clarify, I don't want to throw out the eggs when there's life. Just at a loss for what to do. I have them in a maleshift incubator until a real one gets here tomorrow. The temperature is at 83F and humidity is 72%.

I noticed this today and i feel extremally worried to my stomach. She or he keeps rubbing head on the walls and im trying to stop it. I noticed that her eye was little yesterday but i was helping with different medical situation so i didnt think much of it. What can i do before i bring to vet? Shes eating and drinking and moving around and even talking to other ones. Anything will help

This is lime. we got her from a friend when they moved. there used to be two birds in the cage but one of them passed. she dose not like being touched and stays in the cage. when she leaves the cage she goes nuts and runs into windows, thankfully that only happened once and by accident. we have no idea how old she. I feel bad for her because it seems like a pretty sad life. she sits by the moiror and chills. I feel bad for all day she sits and stares and dose nothing but eat and poop for that last 8 years we have had her. is there anything I can do to up her quality of life?

My budgie was playing with its toy and then he started chirping loud, he had the toy string stuck around its neck.

He’s breathing fine, no tail bobbing, eating, drinking and pooping.

I can’t tell if the string is around his neck or just in the front stuck in feathers.

I tried to hold him down with towel but he wiggles so much.

When I put him back in his cage and he tries to pull on it and I’m afraid maybe it might tighten up.

What should I do? It’s Saturday night and there’s no place open.

Any one know how to care for this little guy who hit a window?

Edit: Thanks for all the suggestions :) Contacted the Toronto Wildlife centre, hopefully they’ll get back to me tomorrow.

For now, it’s resting in a large box in a warm, quiet room. Feels odd to leave it there just in the dark, but that’s the advice. Didn’t seem to want water I brought to its beak with a spoon, and I won’t be able to hunt spiders for it, so feeling a bit useless. Hope it’ll be okay.

Edit: Thanks for pitching in, everyone. He held on but I guess it wasn’t meant to be, he’s gone. Idk why I feel like maybe keeping him in the box wasn’t the best thing (ventilated obviously- it’s just that total darkness feels weird, they do have a “mind”), but I followed the wisdom.
No animals got to him and he was warm, so maybe that’s the best we can do. Thanks again!

First time bird owner here!! I first got them untamed from a breeder and I have been working hard to earn their trust. It's been 5 months now and slowly but surely they're warming up to me! They even learned to step up maybe..? (working on it) and I've noticed that their talons are getting longer and I was worried so I'm asking some advice on what i should buy for them to file it on their own. thanks in advance! (⁠ㆁ⁠ω⁠ㆁ⁠)

I've noticed that this his cere isn't his usual blue color and I had him for over 5 years now. So this normal or is there something wrong with him?

My boy has these things on his left foot and they almost look like warts. Is this normal or is something wrong?

Just wondering what people think. She likes to puff up when she sleeps. Just took this while she was napping. The breathing and bobbing look in sync. Ive only had her for about a month. The avian vet near me isnt back in til monday when i called earlier this week. Apparently they were on vacation. I need to get my babies established at the vet so i have a place for them incase anything happens. I'll call monday to see about making an appointment, but should i say she might be sick or just normal checkup?

Is this concerning enough to warrant a vet trip or is it just her breathing?

(srry for the messy backgound)

Normally this doesn't happen at all for Jester's check ups. I took her in as she's fallen off her perch twice in the last two months, and seemed to favor one leg. Turns out she just has devloping arthrtis in her hip. ( From an injury when she was young. )
Well I also did blood work just in case, and turns out she wiggled out right after they fished the draw. Did some laps in the back room and was caught. Trouble maker.
As the vet suggested, I let her rest all day yesterday and took her out to give her pain meds. I noticed dried blood in her nares. There's no fresh blood, no blood in the bottom of the cage. I'm wondering if its from her wiggling loose.
Yes I did call the vet, but their booked today, closed tomorrow, and there's no er exotic vets at all near me. I live in Alaska, so yes I called a few towns over too. She seems normal, upset she's in her cage, eating, preening, tried to preen me, bright and alert.
Just looking for advice on what to do, on top of what the vet told me to do.
Plus if this has happened to anyone else before.
Bird tax photo

We found it unable to fly, able to walk, no visible scars, visibly a fledgling with yellow bits just grown out, but flies were allll over it so we’ve taken it, put it in a box with a towel, water, some sunflower seeds and covered it with blankets

My plan is to release it back near where we found tomorrow in hopes it’s parents are still there

Sorry for the bad photos

Any advice is welcome I know there’s not much we can do but giving her a rest and water is good, she’s already falling/ fallen asleep we live very close to where she was found (she wasn’t found in trees but on a pathway sitting there covered in flies) no visible scabbing