Lisa Shea Forums Parakeets General Parakeet Chat PLEASE HELP MY BUDGIE BOOBOO IS ALL PUFFED UP....

I don't know if you remember but I have a Budgie BooBoo and she has been doing GREAT!! Until this morning... She is puffed and dull eyes and this morning she was screaming.. in screams I have never heard before. I am trying to get ahold of a vet which is hard on the weekend. What should I do?? I have no idea what could have cause this... Please help. I love her so much....

Keep her warm away from any drafts and make sure she's eating and drinking. Is she molting by any chance? When my birds molt, they always act like they're sick: they get super lazy, puffed up, scream like crazy, but once they finish they're molt, they go right back to their old selves. You can tell if they're molting if they're loosing their feathers and if you see pins feathers coming in on their head. I hope that's all it is I would bring her to an avian vet just to be safe.

There's a certified avian vet in the Bay Area I found:

San Francisco, CA - Lynn Rose Dustin (Bay Area Bird Hosp) - 415-566-4359

Got that information from this site:
http://www.birdsnways.com/articles/abvpvets.htm

In the meantime though, keep her warm. You can put a heating pad under her cage with a towel cover the sides and the back. Just monitor her when it's on, you don't want her to get over heated. I'll keep my fingers crossed for her, best of luck to you and BooBoo and please keep us posted.

oh i am so sorry! keep her warm! gosh your bird looks like kookie my bird that just passed away... see the pic i posted.
i am sure your bird will be fine!!!! get to the vet as soon as you can. is she eating and drinking? or at bottom of cage?
let us know what is happening, we will pray for your buddy there! take care
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How is BooBoo doing?