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Post by bubbles on Nov 30, 2005 11:52:43 GMT 7
I seem to always need help...lol... Theres a disease/deformity thing in budgies that causes them to not be able to stop their feather growth so the feathers just keep growing longer and longer. I read about it in a book and thought ooooo interesting only problem is i cant remember what book and now it looks like one of my baby budgies has it. Does anyone have any idea because i need to know if it is treatable and what i can do...thanks
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Post by Matt on Nov 30, 2005 12:14:09 GMT 7
Hi bubbles, I have heard of this disease before I think there was an article in the "talking birds" newspaper. I know there was one in there on feather duster budgies which have a similar problem in that their feathers keep growing and dont grow normally. Hope that you can find some information on it to help your baby. I think they have a website called talkingbirds.com.au, but I am not sure.
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Post by LittleBudgie2005 on Nov 30, 2005 17:18:39 GMT 7
Herpesvirus of European budgerigars causes feather abnormalities (referred to as "feather dusters") and is thought to be egg transmitted, and has been demonstrated in dead-in-shell embryos and is considered a major cause of early embryonic death in affected flocks, resulting in decreased egg hatchability.Above is a quote from a site... This is the address... www.exoticpetvet.net/avian/pdfs/eggs.pdf
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Post by bubbles on Dec 1, 2005 16:00:21 GMT 7
couldnt get that site to work....nuts... but i "googled" feather dusters and read up but all the pics have curly feathers and my lil one has normal feathers just a lil long... although ive never hand raised a budgie b4 so maybe he is normal... hes 5 weeks old...maybe 6... ill try and post a pic soon... thanks for the help... i hope he doesnt have it
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