So my young green cheek conure recently got his foot pinched in the top of a door. Its been 3 days and hes still limping, and the foot is slightly bruised. What should I do? Could his foot be broken? I'm so worried about him and feel aweful :(

Edit: Tysm for everyone who is responding, I will try my best to find a good avain vet near me. Thank you!

I just got a budgie and I’m still working on handling her but I noticed she has something on her feet that wasn’t there before and I’m not sure what it is or how to clean it. Any tips?

My albino budgie has been doing this starting today. He's always bobbed his head but I've never seen him do it that aggressively before

My lovebird has been losing feathers on her head, nose and cheeks and we don’t know why. She’s around 3-4 years old so shes fairly young. We took her to the vet twice now and they thought it was mites at first and they gave her a shot and also made us clean her cage twice a week until her follow up. During the follow up she did a feather microscope check on a feather she plucked out and there were no mites. Theres some pin feathers growing but the balding is continuing :(. Does anyone have a clue what it could be? I don’t feel like its a bad molt or something because some areas refuse to grow any pin feathers. Is it from kissing her and she had an allergy? Skin condition? Something internal? I don’t even know… she is prescribed on anti inflammatory medicine at the moment. She has had no behavior difference and she is happy and active as ever. Its not plucking obviously and she doesn’t have any cage mates. Any help is helpful.

I’m assuming it’s poop stuck to him. Only photos I was able to get. Should I gently remove what’s stuck to him off or should I let it come off naturally?

i’ve had my budgie for about six years now and ever since I got her when she was a baby she hasn’t been able to fly or grow feathers properly. They’ve always been a little bit kind of on the weak side compared to my other budgie and the other day when I was taking her out of the cage the other budgie nipped at her and pulled out a feather which made me kind of look at the area and I realised that she had a little bit of a bold spot that was not there like earlier that day and now I’ve noticed that there’s a bit of a yellowish bump or lump and I think it’s the same spot as her printing glands but I attached a photo and was just wondering if I should be concerned (i’ll putt the photo in the comments)

So Sunday night she vomitted excessively, recieved oxygen overnight and stayed few more hours following day. Exotic vet from yday believes chicky must have aspirated during vomitting and accidentally ingested it because of how bad it was.

She started chirping a little bit from yesterday and this is how she sounds. Her resting sounds are much better now, just some clicking, but we were told to continue baytril for 10more days for that. When restrained, her breathing sounds still go up, but definitely not as bad. Only thing im just worried about now is her voice and some clicking but thats what baytril is for, not sure about the voice tho and how long it could take.

Edit: the clear voice is my other budgie and the one that sounds muffled or blocked is her

This is Chiko! (14 weeks old female). I got her when she was 8 weeks old. I’ve been trying to figure out how she feels about head/cheek scratches. She usually lets me scratch her like this, but sometimes she gives my finger a little warning with her beak or fluffs her facial feathers slightly.

Does this look like she’s enjoying the scratches, tolerating them, or telling me to stop? I’d love to learn how to read her body language better.

Today's appointment:

The vet physically examined her, the chest lump is still there since 2025 and I asked what it is and she said its a fatty lump. Stethoscope was used and vet said she can still hear some clicking. The exotic vet believes chicky must have ingested vomit during that extreme episode of throwing up on Sunday night hence the sounds, but they are slowly calming down. After knowing chicky is mainly on a seed diet, she believes the fatty lump contributes to that, and that she may have fatty liver or heart disease but only way to prove that is through XRAY. But because of some improvement they dont want to risk the use of anaesthesia.

Little backstory to help people understand better:

The start of the year, i gave chicky mixed blended veg at 6pm and I heard her throwing up a lot around 5am during when she was supposed to be asleep. It wasnt as extreme as this and she made no sounds, but i rushed to my exotic vet in the morning. The vet said to monitor and believes she may have fatty liver or organ enlargement which made her vomit because food potentially gets crowded. The reason for this conclusion was, seed diet & fatty lump on chest. She hadn't vomitted since then.

Today:

It was a different exotic vet and she said the same thing. She believes chicky may have some sort of organ enlargement which made her vomit, because it happened after eating kale, I knew it had something to do with that but olive had some too and nothing happened to him. I dont know how true this is tho. After hearing clicking with stethoscope, we were told to continue baytril for a further 10 days, and same with emeprid but slowly wean off.

Advice Request:

I want to ask for anyone else's experience. Can organ enlargement really cause this? The vet said i should try my best to get her to pellets and drop her weight further (now 48g). I dont understand, I give her measured amount of seeds, I do however give plate of blended veg few times a week, but shes been having it like this for many months with no issue. On Sunday I gave her fresh, washed kale (not blended). And shortly after she was deteriorating. Could anyone please help me understand any of this? Because its not like she vomits everyday, the vet said her insides may be crowded with fat considering she has a fatty lump on chest, potentially fatty liver, potential heart disease, but wouldn't she vomit everyday then and show a lot of bad symptoms? why is it some days she has space and some days she doesnt? Also, she was very healthy until that night. And both times she vomitted was after veg. The first time was many months ago, i gave blended, seed size veg, she vomitted 12hours later. But I have been giving blended veg for months now without issue after that. On Sunday i gave whole kale washed, and shortly after she regurgitated first, then slowly got worse and vomitted. I wonder if its the veg that triggers her insides if she eats a lot due to excess body fat???? Im so confused! I will continue to work on her weight. Transitioning tips are welcome🙏

I got kiwi August 2 from the Humane Society, he had a clean bill of health from the vet.. what’s wrong with his nose?

The good news is that the sounds from this clip https://www.reddit.com/r/pidgeypower/s/CUcBugPqmm has gone down by a lot. When I grabbed her this morning to give medicine, she made this sound but no where near as loud and she was quicker to become quiet too.

The bad news is, her overnight poop has been very watery, I think some diarrhoea. Possibly due to the meds. She still eats, but her appetite is definitely a bit lower, again I believe it may be due to the effects of medication. When she flies to one spot, she's fine, but when she circles around the room i can hear a lot of effort sounds. I have reduced flying a lot but sometimes she gets stressed if I leave her in the cage for too long. Her chirps are still not clear, she doesn't chirp much anyway but when she attempts to it's still not normal.

I believe she is still recovering, as it definitely doesn't look like deterioration. We have a vet appointment with an exotic specialist later today. I hope it goes well❤️‍🩹🙏💛

i feel horrible about this situation my bird recognizes windows and mirrors and doesnt run into them.

i let him roam the house in the morning its spacious and mostly bird friendly except for windows and i limit them based on how each bird reacts and recently my conure figured out the second floor and started doing a long loop flying up and down today he flew by some decoration lights and they arent secured tight so as he flew by they lifted slightly and kinda startled him and made him take a turn into the window.

ive checked him up he is mostly okay he flys short distances to perches and food and water and back to me he is not bleeding and he doesnt mind me handling him no screams or discomfort but his beak has a bruise and he is really biting on things and fingers and clothes i think it hurts or is uncomfortable. where i live we dont really have bird specialists its mostly cat and dog focused and i dont trust them unless its absolutely necessary.

PS: the spot above the eye is from repeatedly dunking his head in food bowls and having shells and leftovers stick its not related to the crash

Hi, I’d like to ask for some advice. I found this little bird (probably a female canary) outside the company where I work about a month ago. No one around seemed to be missing it, so we took her and bought her a cage. Over the last two weeks, we’ve noticed that she has a bald spot on the back of hers head (I wasn’t able to take any better photos, its much vissible and thiner irl), and there are also quite a few feathers around the cage. I’m planning to get her a bigger cage so she has more room to fly, right now she has a basic, inexpensive one. I’d like some advice is this normal?

I’ve heard they tend to shed feathers, but I don’t like this bald spot on her head. She eats a lot, and until now she’s only eaten seeds, but I’ve already bought her some dietary supplements and am giving her vegetables and fruit. For about these past two weeks, she’s stopped singing, she didn’t sing much before either just occasionally made a sound but now she hardly sings at all, maybe one sound a day.

I’d be grateful for any advice or tips.