Top Ten Common Diseases of budgies

TOP TEN DISEASES 

• Tumors: Common tumors include fatty tumors, testicular tumors, kidneys, adrenal tumors and many other types.                     

Tumors

• Goiter: Iodine deficiency will cause enlargement of the thyroid gland that can cause changes in the bird’s voice.  

                         

Goiter

• Psittacosis or parrot fever: Caused by the bacteria Chlamydia psittaci, this disease can be transmitted to people. Birds should be tested, especially if they will be living with elderly people, who are most prone to the disease.

                        

Parrot Fever

• Cnemodocoptes mites: Scaly face and scaly leg mites cause a build-up of scales with tiny holes on the surface of the feet and beak. The condition can cause beak deformities.

                             

Cnemodocoptes mites

• Liver disease: This is probably associated most often with poor nutrition, although other illness can cause the condition.

                           

Liver disease

• Polyoma virus: First described as “budgie fledgling disease,” this virus caues the death of chicks as they emerge from the nest.                 

Polyoma Virus

• Psittacine beak and feather disease: This causes poor formation of flight and tail feathers (often in combination with polyoma. Affected birds are often referred to as creepers because they have no flight feathers and cannot fly).

                          

feather disease 

• Brown hypertrophy of the cere: This is a hormonal imbalance of older female budgies.

                           

Brown hypertrophy

• Megabacteria: Historically called “going light,” the bacteria is probably actually a yeast infection and is treated with antifungal drugs. It causes chronic weight loss.

                              

Mega bacteria 

• Protozoal infections: Trichomonas and giardia are common protozoal infections, especially in breeding colonies of budgies.
  Traumatic accidents and accidental poisonings are common causes of death in budgies. Don’t allow them unsupervised freedom in the home as they are often killed by other family pets

                       

Protozoa




resource: https://www.petplace.com/article/birds/general/10-most-common-budgie-diseases/

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