Budgie Questions?

Question

1. Budgie Calcium - I know some ways are cuttlebone and boilled egg.
Do we give the parakeets the shell of the egg or the inside?
Oh and what part of the inside if we give the inside?

2. Two of my budgies are sneezing? Do they have a cold? Or is that normal?

3. I think one of my budgies have a sprained leg, i have put a cover over their cage with 2 cloths and made the cage warm. Do i have to make it any warmer? Oh and How warm should it be?

Thankyou, Angie.

Answer 1

Give your budggies boiled eggs and old cicken bones to give them a boost of protein and calcium. I think that you give them the shells. All birds sneeze, this is normal but you might give them a bath to get rid of dander and dust. I would keep a lamp near the cage and let them keep warm under the sun or near a window in the summer to keep them warm and to give them sun. Don't really cover them unless it is night time. During the day time they will think that it is night and go to sleep. Just let your Buggies heal themselves and treat them nice when they'e hurt.

Answer 2

1-give the whole egg cut in half inside the shell.
2-They are having some some sort of Respiratory problem,make sure you eliminate fumes(cigarette smoke,candles that are not soy,perfume,cleaners,Teflon Cookware)and then take them to the Vet,because now that they are showing sings of illness,they are really ill.They probably need antibiotics,don't delay.
3-A too warm environment is one where the Birds pant for air,and a too cold one is one that they huddle up in and shake,you can put a low heater on the bottom of the cage,or beter yet,use a Birdie Light for future use,it can save their life.

Answer 3

Feed them bits of egg with crushed up shell in it.

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Answer 4

It seems that your budgies are having real problems which could be from lack of nutrition if your not giving then their calcium.
1.The cuttlebone is the best way because it sharpens their beak as well as giving them calcium, though I've never heard of the hard boiled egg it seems very obvious to me that it is the shell. Oh and you can get special calcium blocks from the pet store.

2. It's definately not normal for your budgies to be sneezing you should seperate them from your other budgies because they could catch it too and take them to a bird vet straight away.

3.I have no Idea for your third question sorry but you could easily find that out from your local bird specialist.

Answer 5

any part of the egg not the shell sneezing is normal give the leg time to heal leave the bird alone do not make it fly or move more than it wants to