COMMON CONDITIONS OF BUDGERIGARS

  • Trichomoniasis (canker)

  • Solid external tumours

  • Internal cancer. A common cancer affecting the kidneys or reproductive organs causes a unilateral (one-sided) lameness.

  • Cnemidokoptic mite (scaley face) infestation is a frequent cause of crusty dermatitis of the cere (area around the nostrils over the beak), face and feet.

  • Thyroid disorders such as goiter and hypothyroidism occur in budgies.

  • Diabetes mellitus (sugar diabetes)

  • Chlamydiosis (Psittacosis) is a common cause of respiratory disease in these popular birds.

  • Coccidia

  • Feather mites

  • Hepatic lipidosis (fatty liver disease) is a problem that often causes death in this species.Usually on an all seed diet

  • Lipomas (fatty lumps and tumours)

  • Egg binding is seen with some frequency in pet budgerigars

  • Psittacine Beak Feather disease (PBFD)

  • Polyomavirus

  • "French moult" (PBFD and or Polyomavirus)

  • Megabacteria

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