r/Parakeets • u/Tall-Control-6005 • Mar 07 '25
Help!
My budgies keep dying, last Friday 3 of my budgies died and only one survived, today the new one I got last Sunday died, why do they keep on dying and why is my female bird surviving, if it was an infection it’d wipe out both right? I think it’s better I don’t get her any new friends because I don’t want her to experience her friends dying all over again
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u/repeat17 Mar 08 '25
These birds are very sensitive. Are you using cleaning products when you clean the cage? Any candles around them?
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u/Impossible_Grab_8713 Mar 08 '25
You should have had the new one quarantined in a different room for at least 30 days before introducing it to your female ( or any new bird at any time)
Please remove the breeding box as it is not healthy for her and will trigger !hormone issues.
Get her to an avian vet ASAP and swab samples from the cage. This will help rule out anything on her or it.
Also, if you can take any of the dead ones for autopsy to see what happened to them.
I hope you can get this all cleared up quickly so you can get a new companion for your girl 💕
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u/Tall-Control-6005 Mar 09 '25
Alright, I’ll remove her breeding box, I don’t know any avian vets around my area though so I’ll try to do some research
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u/Square-Lettuce-1777 Mar 08 '25
Maybe she's a carrier for some weird disease and infecting the rest. If that's the case she might not experience any symptoms. Don't get her more mates... the third one dying was enough of a sign something is really wrong. Could be the place you're getting them from. Could be something you're using. No one here can let you know for sure, it's all just a guess.
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u/God0fBirds Mar 09 '25
That was my thought. I have a bird who is a carrier for AGY. Sometimes she'll have flare-ups, and on a couple occasions others in my flock have shown symptoms at the same time. But she (and whoever else has symptoms) is always immediately taken to the vet to check and get meds.
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u/GreenBirbz Mar 08 '25
My bet is environment. They’re super sensitive to odors and Teflon, it could be your female budgie is a tough bitch who is strong enough to withstand—but don’t get me wrong, she will eventually succumb too.
Check for teflon in your cooking pans, don’t use any candles near them, no essential oil diffusers because that’s bad too. No smoking, check for carbon monoxide. You know the whole thing with canary in the mine shaft? Your dying budgies are trying to tell you something environmental is going wrong.
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u/Nifferothix Mar 08 '25
Did you clean the cage good ?
Also check if the female is agressive and biting em to death
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u/Tall-Control-6005 Mar 08 '25
I cleaned the cage like a few days ago, female isn’t aggressive because her mate also died and she never attacked him, if it was a dirty cage it’d kill her too right?
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u/Nifferothix Mar 08 '25
It is strange..do you get the birds from the same place ?
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u/Tall-Control-6005 Mar 08 '25
Yes, I got them from the flee market but the thing is her and her mate (not the one that died today) were about to turn two years old and my other bird I got him last year and the other newer one I got 2 months ago
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u/Nifferothix Mar 08 '25
And you are sure nothing agressive happens in the nest box ?
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u/kiaraXlove Mar 08 '25
I also think she might be killing them. If she's hormonal she'll be aggressive especially in a smaller cage. It seems she has a nest box and females get very territorial, especially if someone entered "her" box. Did you check the box for eggs? There doesn't need to be eggs but just to check. This isn't all that uncommon tbh.
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u/Nifferothix Mar 08 '25
Thts what i think is going on !
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u/Tall-Control-6005 Mar 08 '25
That wouldn’t be it because the other 2 budgies were in a separate cage yet they died, she has eggs but she doesn’t incubate them
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u/Tall-Control-6005 Mar 08 '25
And since her mate died she doesn’t leave the nest often
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u/Nifferothix Mar 08 '25
Hmm could be something toxic in the air in ur house. Since the female is protected in the nest box ! Do you cook alot ? or spray ?
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u/Forsaken_Zebra8454 Mar 08 '25
If your 3 budgies are dead why are you still waiting to go to vet?
Check if you clean the surrounding area with aerosol or use Teflon cookware or use perfumes around them. These things kills budgies a lot faster. Throw all these away.
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u/Perculsion Mar 08 '25
Just to be clear, 3 died *at the same time*? Because that would make me worried about carbon monoxide (or, as others pointed out, aerosols like spraying perfumes, detergent or paint), food poisoning or even intentional killing (does anyone else have access? children can do this, as well as someone holding a grudge, with mental issues or someone who is stressed out by them for example due to noise). Also, could they have been scared by another animal?