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Post by Parrotenthusiast on Nov 27, 2013 12:26:54 GMT
My budgie is doing some wierd stuff with his wing! Please help
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Post by lisamarie on Nov 27, 2013 12:29:57 GMT
That almost looks broken if it's like that all the time but I'm not sure
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Post by Parrotenthusiast on Nov 27, 2013 12:33:19 GMT
Well, i traced the wing, there are no broken bones, but i think and he usually lend me his wing on command. He lends it he can even fly outside the house but he can't fold it well :/
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Post by lisamarie on Nov 27, 2013 12:34:56 GMT
It could be a tiny fracture that you wouldn't even notice. Was he always like that this just happened?
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Post by parrotenthusiast on Nov 27, 2013 12:48:27 GMT
This has happened few months back. I went to a metal tour because i play on a band for last 2 months. I gave them to my mom for a while, she bred them and handfed them before she gave it as a present. I am suspecting my scarlet macaw for my budgies wing. But my mom said my macaw never got near the budgies the whole time when I left. She couldn't bring it to a vet coz she there are no near vets at her place. She said there could be a sharp feather but she couldn't find any. He never fluffed and is healthy and can fly waaaaay too high even with that wing. But he just can't fold it well. :/
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Post by lisamarie on Nov 27, 2013 12:54:29 GMT
Well like any broken bone, it will heal itself but if it is not set like in a sling or cast it won't heal "normally" he easily could have broken his wing by flapping around his cage at night because he got scared or just flapping around in general. My last budgie I found in my back yard with a broken wing so I took him in and his wing healed but it looked like the one in your picture his whole life. I had him for 9 years and I don't know how old he was when I found him so it didn't affect his "time" at all. But that wing does look broken to me and if it has been as long as you said, it very well could have healed like that and it may not be reversible but we'll see what other people say!
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Post by Sarah on Nov 27, 2013 13:46:25 GMT
I have my doubts about this being a broken bone, because your bird seems to have a lot of functionality from the limb, even if it isn't folding quite right. Broken bird wings would generally hang at their side like a dead thing, totally useless. If this had happened a few days ago, I would say without any doubt that this was just a nasty sprain or pulled muscle. However, this has gone on for so long, I am not sure that this wasn't a broken wing at some point that mishealed, or some more severe and aggravated muscle or tendon injury. You really have two options here. You can bind the wing for a few weeks and see if he shows improvement. He may need the chance for his wing to rest and heal completely from whatever it is that is happening inside. Whatever is wrong, he may be aggravating it by using the wing all the time. This would mean several weeks without flight and some extra nursing care. Here is a good webpage and excellent video about wing binding. I really suggest stabilizing the wing against his body in this case. www.lafebervet.com/emergency-medicine/birds/how-to-guide-wing-wrap-placement-in-birds/Your other option is to simply choose to live with it. If he does not seem to be in pain and can fly and play like any other bird, you may just have to accept his some what stilted appearance. How long ago was this image taken? The bird looks very, very young.
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Post by parrotenthusiast on Nov 27, 2013 14:25:31 GMT
Yeah the bird is about half a year old. This was taken last week. He easily tire due to his wing though. He doesn't perch on a random tree outside. He just goes back and forth to me and the t stand. My macaw has been nursing him good, he knows the wing has injury. So what im doing now is i just play with my birds inside coz they don't fly inside just walk to prevent further more injury. I can't suspect my macaw since i never leave my macaw with my budgies alone i always supervise. But most probably, toomuch flying outside caused this and I think because he ain't strong enough coz he's too young.
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Post by Sarah on Nov 27, 2013 14:30:04 GMT
You fly your birds outside? Is their an enclosure or a harness involved?
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Post by parrotenthusiast on Nov 27, 2013 14:54:28 GMT
He flies high like waaay too high as 3 meters but doesn't go far since they always want to perch on my shoulder and walk on the ground than fly. He doesnt go further than 10 ft. My parrots ain't comfy when they can't see me
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Post by Sarah on Nov 27, 2013 15:07:11 GMT
It really isn't safe to fly budgies outside. They are too small and too far out of their natural habitat as desert parrots. A predatory bird could come and take one in an instant, and you would be totally helpless to do anything about it.
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Post by parrotenthusiast on Nov 27, 2013 15:15:29 GMT
Actually, there are no predatory birds in here. Unless i fly them in a province. Here in our city, sad to say but no other birds flock around rather than harmless robins and homing pidgeons who are not birds of prey. It's quite sad for me that the city I'm living in, the predatory birds are all dead here and or shipped from here. I love falcons, eagles and hawks. But during the 80's people killed and shipped them to other regions so they wouldn't worry about attacks like an eagle attack in the late 70's. So parrots and doves and robins and finches sprouted everywhere. But lol. This thread is for parrots, i shouldn't be telling the whole history why I am confident to fly my parrots back door. But that's why I can fly them outdoors
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Post by dianapalmer on Nov 27, 2013 16:14:23 GMT
I'm interested in where you live.
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