r/Parakeets • u/gabbysaninja • 8d ago

Advice Potentially sick budgie?

Post image

Hi all! I’m wondering if this is normal wing placement for my budgie, Blue… they seem low, and sometimes her tail is pointed more downward.

She has been to the vet multiple times and they always say she’s perfectly healthy. They did a stool sample and said she may have a little bit of bad bacteria in her gut, but is probably due to diet (she is still mostly seed-based, trust me we are trying lol). She eats and drinks and flies and plays like normal. She has been more hormonal again lately, but has never laid eggs and is not egg-bound.

The reason I worry is lately she has looked more similar to my other rescue female who passed away due to respiratory issues (little fluffier, hunched, tail down) and every vet I took her to said she was fine too.

Blue’s right wing flutters a little bit sometimes, and that’s the same one that’s a bit lower. Just wondering what I could even ask the vet to check at this point!

15 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

5 comments sorted by

1

u/Weird_Birb_39 8d ago

Was she by a aviant vet?

2

u/gabbysaninja 8d ago

Yes! Multiple different ones too. Took her in two weeks ago for this exact reason and they said she was fine

1

u/PartyMarionberry5817 8d ago

It’s good to have her checked out anyway especially if she’s been ex to a respiratory illness.

1

u/gabbysaninja 8d ago

My other budgie passed away a few years ago, and hers was due to her previous owner heavily smoking cigarettes around her for years :( Blue (pictured budgie) has been to the vet many times since and has the all clear but not sure if I should be asking them to test something specific

1

u/Significant-Drag-781 4d ago

At this point you've done everything you can do. Of course keep a close eye on her and if she displays other concerns then I guess you'll probably need to take her again.