2006-11-01 01:05:13 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Birds
try separating the ones that cant fly it could be because every time they have tried to the other birds are stopping them or not having the space so separate them for a few weeks and see what happens if they can fly after that try and put them back with the others but keep a close eye on them as the others may try to harm them if this happens take them out straight away and keep them in a separate cage allowing them to come out once a day to exercise their wings
2006-11-01 01:10:44 · answer #1 · answered by redhead haylz xx 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
make sure that you havnt clipped there wings and they havnt fuly grown back yet. Otherwise it is probably because they have been in a small cage all there life and never had the freedom to fly. This happens to me if any of my budgies are sick i seperate them and take them from my avairy and put them in a small cage soemtimes for months, when they are put back itno the avairy it takes them a while to be able to fly properly again. This is beacause the muscles in their wings have weakened and they need to build them back up again this is probably what has happened with your budgies. If they still have the problem in a couple of months it would be best to take them out of the avairy as not being able to fly properly can cause them to get hurt easily as there balance isnt as good as it should be etc.
Some budgies though are born with this problem, they are called runner budgies they will most liekly never be able to fly throughout there life although some people can overcome the problem. Runner budgies tend to have no tail feathers and short wing feathers which doesnt enable them to fly. However some runner budgies after time will grow their wing and tail feathers and will gradually be able to fly. It really depends, there is nothing wrong with runner budgies health wise its just they arent able to fly. You can breed runner budgies with 'normal' budgies it doesnt matter its just that there is a chnace that they will have runner budgie babies. I highly recomment that you put a ladder or a stick or soemthing that the budgies are able to climb up easily from the bottom of the avairy to about half way up the avairy this just helps them get up quicker. I bought a runner budgie from the pet shop a few years back she was so cute. Although because she was 'different' to the otehr budgies they picked on her and she ended up staying on the bottom of the avairy but i madew a ladder from tree branches so that she was able to get up and this made her life a whole lot easier. Hope this helps, cheers
2006-11-03 23:33:26 · answer #2 · answered by geeb 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The other answers do not mention French moult as this is what your birds have , it is a genetic condition.The birds must ion no account be allowed to mix with the others as due to budgerigars being VERY free with their sexual habits and NOT caring who they are sharing these habits with they could be mated whilst on the ground or climbing up the aviary wire, thus spreading this mutant gene further.
The best advice I can give you is get a vet to put down the birds with the inability to fly...they will also have slightly curled scruffy feathers.
2006-11-05 08:08:09 · answer #3 · answered by shoodoo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would take them out of my flock and put them in the house in their own cage and watch them a while until they can act normal again. They could be sick and you dont want that sickness to go to the other birds. Then again they could be young babies coming out of the nest box, they could be too fat to fly right now. Otherwise without being there and looking into the situation I wouldnt know, take them to a vet if they do not improve after caging them in the house.
2006-11-01 10:33:06 · answer #4 · answered by reasonable-sale-lots 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to have this problem when i had an aviary full of budgies.
Probably one in ten babies would not be able to fly, they are good at climbing though.
Ive heard of other people having the same problem and its thought to be sometimes lack of vitamins or genetic throwbacks from years of inbreeding when different colour forms were developed.
2006-11-01 18:14:11 · answer #5 · answered by of Light 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Best to have them checked by an avian vet
2006-11-01 09:13:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are they ex Budgies? Have they ceased to be?
2006-11-01 09:08:12 · answer #7 · answered by robmurfitts 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
they probably don't have enough room to spread their wings
2006-11-01 09:08:39 · answer #8 · answered by Mary Smith 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
are their wings clipped?
2006-11-01 09:07:09 · answer #9 · answered by Clock Watcher 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋