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  • My parakeet has been fluffing up its feathers ALL the time. Another thing that's happening is she's losing feathers around her eyes/ face. She hasn't been to the vet yet, I got her 3 weeks ago from a pet store. I really regret getting a parakeet there and I should of got one from a breeder. I reAlly hope nothing is majorly wrong with her but from the looks of things I think something is. :(

  • Ok...seriously, I need help :( My parakeet's nose started bleeding aaaaaaand its freaking me out...idk if he maybe ran into something in his cage when he was sleeping and hit his beak, or what?! I'm scared..idk if I should take him in the vet or not :/

  • Right now tonight, my beard is very shaky. doesnt move at all, always makes sad chirps, and is not eating or drinking anything even if i bring it close to the beak. please help. In the afternoon she was perfectly fine and jumping around here and there.

  • @pyrushero I mean my bird, and please no beard jokes, im too worried.

  • My bird looks like it vomit, and is like yellow and then is shaking and sleepy help me i so sad :(

  • 49 -50 dont touch miih!!

  • now i know what to do

  • Thank you for your very useful videos :) Some people should watch them more.

  • my bird doing this for 4 days were taking to the vet but not bleeeding

  • my bird puffed now he being doing for days we putting to the vet

  • i have 2 just like that :)

  • what dues it mean if my budgie bleeds

  • Trying to find a vet nowadays that accepts birds is nearly impossible

  • @1tb4life It was hard for me too when my budgies got sick. Look online for a "small animal vet" or "uncommon animal vet".

  • @1tb4life Try googling Avian vets in your area.

  • Hi I live in Ireland and I'm getting a parakeet. It definetly never gets to 70 degrees here! Was he talking in farenheight or did he actually mean degrees celcius? The parakeets in the pet shop seem quite fine and it probably isn't very warm in there.

  • @hamsters56789 I'm sure he was talking Fahrenheit. 70 degrees in a house or building isn't that warm, to be honest. As compared to walking outside in the sun and it being 70, it feels blistering. [In fahrenheit. That is, I'm not sure how it measures over to Celcius.] There's a lot to owning a bird, it's far different then a cat, dog, hamster, etc. Message me if you need to know anything particular, I've had three thus far.

  • I almost lost my lovebird. Thank god I had the common sense to know something was wrong. Wish I'd seen this earlier! But thank god she's healthy and squeaky now :3

  • I love this guy...He reminds me of candyfloss and fluffy clouds. He is really smart too :)

  • i have a cocatiel i just got today, shes 3 months old, this morning when i braught her home she was weezing, shes very tame and she wasnt hissing or anything she was weezing and she wasnt chirping AT ALL!, but then she stopped this behavior? please tell me wtf shes doing?

  • "Parakeet bite him good bird"...! 

  • my bird has a very swollen up bum hole (vent) and is staying in one area of his cage puffed up and can barely stan and balance himself :( is he going to die? :(

  • My Bird doesn't Chirp, Squeak, or make any noises....Is this bad?

  • @iiDemonicDoll When did you get it, it takes about a month for them to get used enough to their environment to make noises. They have incredible memories.

  • Is it normal for birds to puff up there feathers before and after bathing

  • I'm so glad i saw this, both of my budgies have been puffing up their feathers, its 60 degrees, so I'm gonna turn the heat up :)

  • andew

    its skin may be old and dry because its not getting enough water

    budgies tend to drop there feathers in sprees and grow them back

    its beak may be a different color because its breeding season

    i hope this helped

  • My bird looks like it's got a deasese

    It's skin looks old and dry

    It's starting to lose feathers on it's tummy under it's legs and wings

    It's beak is a different colour than what It first was

    I wondering if it's got a disease or it's sick or it's just getting old

    (I have had it for around 4 years now

  • My parakeet is very hyper, or I think so , always checking something out and singing.

    She's not tamed right now, she was but after her man died (about 1 and a half year ago) she doesn't like being touched but is getting a little bit better now (doesn't let me touch her though). She's always puffing her feathers up but just that kind of shake like your bird did in this video... do I need to take her to the vet ?

    I don't want to hold her because she gets scared and I'm working on her...Plese help

  • and ye, she sometimes flaps her wings and can't balance, but thats not often

  • My parakeet is very hyper, or I think so , always checking something out and singing.

    She's not tamed right now, she was but after her man died (about 1 and a half year ago) she doesn't like being touched but is getting a little bit better now (doesn't let me touch her though). She's always puffing her feathers up but just that kind of shake like your bird did in this video... do I need to take her to the vet ?

    I don't want to hold her because she gets scared and I'm working on her...Plese help

  • and you also talk the day long

  • my bird looks sleepy & hes always in a corner but i juss qot him yesterday , im scared . . . . please help .

  • thank u this helped i have 2 birds my first one died it was always puffy ands sitting in the corner of her cage now i know, i have another one that came with her wing bleeding, a feather fell out, how do u treat that?

  • tropical birds? you call the Australian desert tropical?

  • What about the wings? My parakeets wing is like going inward

  • I hav a question when your parakeet has like little plastic-looking things on his head like little white plastic streaks what does that mean?? PLEASE HELP!!!

  • @awesome10164

    they mean that they want something or they are not really happy

  • @aarchparekh so wut cn do cuz i just got a female parakeet and new toys and new food with fruts and all kinds of things

  • Respond to this video.

    they mean they are not happy or they want something..

  • Um, can't you tell us how to cure it?!

  • @MyBudgieChiChi Go visit a qualified avian vet. Not every bird gets sick with the same thing.

  • I wish I saw this a month ago... my poor baby... TT_TT

  • @Creafret88228 aww what happened did your budgie die or sometin?

  • @ropeburn2 yup. R.I.P. Ocie. </3

  • @Creafret88228 i feel u. my bird die it screamed and fell

  • my budgie has been doing that for a year and he's not dead

  • I HATE DEATH

  • my birds puff up and then stop and then puff up but dont stay at one area

    and what if their feet and beak are like a little green. PLEASE RESPOND

  • They always say bring it to a vet.... :(

  • I wanted to add that I have noticed a sick bird will sit low letting its body touch the perch.

  • That's a pretty chill parakeet! It has its flight feathers and isn't spazzing out. :)

  • that happend to me it dieded in my hands loking at me

  • lol, i can squash this parakeet with my penky

  • I was wondering, becuz my parakeets mate just died, and before she did he was fine, but now hes in the corner of the cage and he just sleeps there, hes been eating and drinking, and im wondering if it could judt be from stress from loosing his freind, and wondering what i should do about it, should i wait, or buy him a new mate, or what? Please get back to me as soon as you can, thanks.

  • @XxDinoLuvRaw3rxX Well, I'm sorry to tell you this but when there best friend dies they just kinda give up with there life. Sorry.

  • @nicoboy36 its ok, he sadly did die 4 hours after his mates death.

  • @twin1010101010

    someone who cares about that parakeet

  • What a cute parakeet!

  • Hey what does it means...like when the bird doesn't move for shit..n he actually let's u touch him?.....n then he closes his eyes sometimes...n he put his head on the floor every 5 mins or less n starts twisting :/ ?

    N his doing that right now...hope he survives whatever he has :( I think his crying the way he make the noises...

  • it's matt hardy's cousin! haha

  • both of my parakeets close one of their eyes and left the other open during the day, is that some kind of sickness ???

  • Actually, when a budgie, or any parrot species puffs themselves up.. it means they are content.. not ill. When sleeping, resting, or just watching what's going on, it'll puff up. Lethargia, is not just an indicator of illness, it also indicate loneliness, and/or boredom, change things around for them. Don't just feed/water them. Talk to them, spend time with them, these are social birds. If you can afford it, get another bird, Keep their cages clean, provide new things to do, daily.

  • Oh now they put this up!!!!!!

    I wish I knew this before mine died!

    Thnx guys

  • When he says immrdiatley he means it. I learnt the hard way. It took 1 day for my budgie too pass and i watched him die :"(

  • My budgie Tweety started sitting on one foot last week. On saturday evening she was really puffed up. I knew something wasnt good. So we planned taking her to the vet on monday since the vet was closed on sunday. Tweety died that sunday morning :( after being with us for almost 12 years. RIP my little girl, my best friend, Tweety

  • @D17rulez My budgie just died too. I know your pain. I am 11 now but I got her when i was 3. She died when she was 7 of strokes and seizures..

    RIP TWEET TWEET! ♥

  • @fluffybunnies2100 im so sorry i have my yellow parakeet and blue one i got a few days ago

  • @D17rulez that's so sad, I had the same thing happen. Almost Identical last month. I had a parakeet named Sabrina, she started standing on just one foot, got super puffed up. We managed to take her to the vet, but they said she was too far gone to do anything, they told me what I didn't want to hear, expect to see her on the bottom of the cage. She died May 19, in my hands, she was twelve years old as well. Her mate died 2 weeks later because he kept throwing his food up cuz he missed her. :(

  • I have one budgie (female) and her nose is bleeding...Is she sick or just got something in her nose?

  • MY Prakeet just started walking only on one of its foot and he wont grab my hand or do anything with the other foot y??? im so scared please someone help :..(

  • my bro's bird got sick and died:( she was my favorite too. But we can go visit her any time cuz we burried her in our yard

  • I LOBE THIS BIRDS! :)

  • my bird is fluffed and it eats alot

  • @maaz4life1 same with me

  • My parakeet is lethargic, but not puffed up. I put him in a box on a towel, because he was wobbling on the perch. Can they get better, or do they always die?

  • man your hair is so greasy

  • one day in 2009 i saw my bird n the middle of the cage all puffed up and he was there for about a week then the next day i woke up and i said yes its the start of 2010 then i went to look on my bird and it was on the ground dead and his stomach was all yellow

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  • My first parakeet died from being sick however I wasn't sure how to tell I was around 13 years old at the time. However he would want to sit next to my neck and snuggle close under my hair whenever he was out. :(

  • That makes sense my sisters bird was sitting in the corner off her cage all puffed up and when i got back from school she was dead

  • i killed a parakeet once by squirting water on it as a kid, yay shower for the birdie... dead birdie in 3 days flat.

  • oh fuc! My bird is sick....good thing i watched this

  • so if my budgie is puffed up its sick i thought that it was just tired

  • @Chivas072 also i have to take it to the vet right

  • I shouldve watch this a long time ago, my bird died today, everything he said happened to my Kookie =(

  • OMG it is Matt Hardy

  • @FallenMember1

    shut up. this video is trying to be informative so we don't need you blabbing about irrelevant things like Matt Hardy.

  • my budgie flew away and its snowing

  • @MegaOwlLover VET RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!

  • i want to squeeze that bird so baad! xD

  • is there like a heater for a bird cage lol i live in new york and it gets some what cold here

  • I just got my parakeet today, and he or she is extremely quiet and is staying in one area of my cage. He or she is not puffing up their feathers though...

  • @stoneclaw111 thats normal its new it takes time for him to get used to his area

  • @stoneclaw111 hes probably nervous cause hes in a new home. :)

  • My Parakeets Name Is Tweety I Got Him Today And He Is 6 weeks Old He Itching Himself Lots And Looks Like Hes Going To Puke Please Any1 Help Me I Dont Want Him To Die Please Messege Me And Tell Me What I Can Do :(

  • i like ur nose O.O

  • umm, if they do that do i still have to take them to a vet, cant i just move them to a warmer room?

    how do those budgies in outdoor cages stay alive :O

  • Also, a bird who is nesting will show the same signs.

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  • Just because your bird is lethargic and is puffing out his feathers doesnt always mean he is sick cause they will do the exact same thing right before they molt their feathers. A good sign that your Bird is sick is by checking his droppings. If they are mostly liquid than chances are you have a sick bird.

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  • @bigmodaco where do u get this tea? Walmart?

  • my parakeet sems normal but he cant fly i realy dont know whats the problem with him?

  • @Cavers97 Is his wings clipped?

  • @Cavers97 Maybe hes just a happy bird who feels content on walking around in life.

  • My bird started throwing up some creamy/liquid (almost white-ish) with bits of food. Is she just regurgitating like for feeding babies or should I be worried??

  • @Toralynn Thats normal. Females will regurgitate their food That is how they feed their young.

  • @Toralynn My Bird use to do it and she would shake her head and fling the seed everywhere.

  • is there a vet that dose checups for free?

  • i dont know why but i love it when my bird does what he does at 1:19

  • MY BIRDS R SNEEZING A LOT! IS THAT BAD?!?!?!?!?!

  • @triplewee10 prob has a cold, make sure you keep him extra warm and keep him away from drafts, my bird loves to cuddle in a fuzzy blanket, I also read if u give him noncaffeinated chamomille tea nice and luke warm not hot, it will make him better...

  • where are u guys located!

  • @vampire795 I think its pets mart, thats what it looks like.

  • i have a quetion my budgie recently was throwing up can someone tell me why

  • @asiangamers32 you probably fed it certain things it ahouldn't have eaten. check the internet. DO NOT GIVE THEM MILK OF AVOCADOES. IT WILL KILL THEM.

  • @warofthewalruses i havent i gave him regular pelet food i checked the experation date before i fed him.oh yea no need to tell me what they need i already know what there alergic to

  • what do you do if he/she has a swollen eye

  • @MetallicaPuppets1 TAKE IT TO THE VET YA FRIGGIN SAVAGE

  • Thanks for the advice my boy parakeet was sick so he was just laying in the tree house and I thought he was just sleeping so now he's better

  • i wish i watched this before a year ago D:

  • @linkboy00000000 when i was little... my brother bought a parakeet and years later it was puffed up and down on the cage.. and even though we don't know how a bird looks sick, we knew how it acted on its daily basis... we knew it wasn't feeling good :(, we had birds in that cage too. I've suffered to much... it's...so heartbreaking losing someone. And I'm still a parakeet/parrot/lovebird owner. for 7yrs.

  • @linkboy00000000 me too

  • @linkboy00000000 i feel so bad for ur bird ):

  • lol look at the dumb baby

  • mine just died because he had trouble breathing :'(

    to all budgie owners: don't leave them in cold draft areas.

  • my parakeet is bleding in the nose shod i take him to the vet

  • @365mississippi no just let its nose bleed

  • well my bird's eyes look smaller then before and always closes it! and it puffs up alot. is my bird sick?????

  • I got a parakeet, sunday but now I think he's sick. He puffs up and quickly back down,he eats until he's full, he sneezes rarely,sleeps alot,he's alwas quiet he also dont drink water and his poop is GREEN,is it because he's a babey or sad that he lest the pet store ohh he was tamed.

  • @Gochar96 I'm sure your Parakeet is normal, it's just he has to get used to his surroundings. :) When parakeets are cautious, they tend to puff up, and then quickly back down. Also, parakeet poop is green, so that's normal too.. ;)

  • i cant tell if mines is sick far the past days its poop is red

  • but what if it is a baby parakeet because mine die and it is realy sad.they dont want to eat and they die ):

  • 100th comment! :D

  • get that hand away from me ....;)

  • if u look at 49 the parrotkeet bit the guy lol lol

  • thisbird has mits

  • I just got 2 parakeet 10 hr ago..... ( now it's 2 morning In the morning) and I saw one of thames is a bit cold.... So i took a blanket n wrapped it all around the cage..... But left a bit of te blanket open on the side so air can get in.... Is that alrite??? Any suggestion???

  • @vi3tgirlz yes thats fine...are they your first parakeets? and i got my first parakeet 4 days ago :) i named him Chi-Chi :)

  • @Koolkid736 Thanx for replying... I would say that they r my 1st parakeets, though i did had a par. 3 or 4 yrs ago, but i didnt noe how to take care of it, so it died within 3 weeks! :(

    Can i ask u somthing? (Or if anybody else can answers this questions, plz reply!) Recently, my parakeets seemed to be itching and started to plucked the feathers under their wings, so bad to the point where I can c a few bald spot, any idea wat happened to them? (& plz dont say "take them 2 the vet)

  • @vi3tgirlz oh i have no idea why they are doing that...my parakeet itches a lot but not that bad...sorry i cant help =/

  • @vi3tgirlz your dird is deppresed and needs a mate or he needs a therypist

  • thanks for posting..i love u....

  • What about flakey legs??

  • puffing up can also be a sign your parakeet is content and jst happy.

    but if its puffing up between the wings in the back something could be wrong.

  • 1:17 is the most beautiful moment in this video.

  • @romanasy

    lol omg very funny (tbs)

  • Okay I am a first time owner and my parakeet (koriann) was just bougght 3 days ago, I have changed it's food out evry day and givin it toys and perches it puffs up and it's tail is low. That is some of the signs, Iknow but also it is sleepy... I played music for her and wanted to know what to do.... I can't take it to a vet because my parents are gone and my brother is looking after me, What do I do? Is it really sick...? Or sleepy...? D:

  • @joyslenfann if your bird is tail bobbing thats a sign if sickness tailbobbing is when it keeps moving his tail back and forth in a bobbing motion....but you only had him 3 days let him settle in for at least 2 weeks before you start worrying

  • @joyslenfann it was probaly just sleepy because i just got a budgie 4 days ago and he does that...also i am a first time parakeet owner...i named my budgie Chi-Chi :)

  • put him in the fridge an he will puff up

  • ME LOVE PARAKEETS!!!!

  • my bird does that but not to much

    is that bad?

    please answer

  • my parakeet is new, i just got him yesterday and he is staying in one spot but not puffing up his feathers

  • @jetmedic997 he's probably just scared

  • @jetmedic997 same happened with me bout after a day or so , she was fine

  • @jetmedic997 Mine was like that.She stopped a few days later though.They are just kinda scared.

  • My Toby bird ended up very depressed at one point. We clipped his wings so he wouldn't fly away. He got pretty inactive at that point and hated us. Then about a month or so after our neighbor kid broke into the house and tore out all his tail feathers. He hardly ate and hardly tweeted. It was so sad to see him like this. But was it depression or sickness? And what does lethargic mean?

    Toby pulled through and is about 3 or 4 years old. He is my special. He comes when he's called.

  • idk if my parekket is puffy , or big?

  • The very tip of my keets beak is turning black-brown... Is this normal, or could it be sick?

  • that could be an indicator that the beak is too long or he..um...cleans his butt alot and doesnt clean it off properly. I know that last thing sounds a bit weird but thats what happened to my parakeet.

  • @zigzag747 Is it the beak or the nose because if its the nose, it just means its now an adult

  • i guess sick.cuz that happened to my fave green parakeet in 2 days it died

  • I remember when my parakeet got sick and passed. That was the most painful time ever

  • My parakeet puffs up when u get him mad and there nithing wrong with him he's playful and sings alot but i'm worried cause he bit me and made me bleed what do i do?

  • um how can you tell if your pareekets room is to cold

  • a thermometre...

    i mean wow seriously?kill yourself now or castrate yourself

  • it may somehow be warmer or colder in the cage then in the room, so wat u can do is buy one of those 1 dollar stick on thermometers and stick it inside the cage somewhere. wait about two hours and come back to check wat the temperature is. if it is below 70 degrees farenhiet than u either need to move ur cage in a warmer room or find some other source of heat. if it is over 70 degrees farenhiet than it will be fine. it should never get over 85 degrees farenheit though. hope this helped. =)