Budgie related - My budgie itches / bites his body quite alot latley

Well there's your picking solution then. He's trying to tidy himself up and flight feathers that are clipped it makes the ends of where they were cut catch on each other, very annoying to the birdie, He knows his wings aren't sitting properly on his back either and any tiny little spikes will be driving him batty as they disturb other feathers when he moves his wings around.
The check nibble he did is normal preening behaviour hopefully as those flight feathers moult back in and he has them all back again all what your seeing will have gone and he will just be sorting the tiny little barbs that hold the tiny little lines of feathers together out. See diagram of what I am trying to explain reference the barbs and how they work :) now think of it being snipped int he middle of the shaft (quill) half way down and how annoying it is not to be able to sort it all out and keep it all staight and in top condition so you can fly.

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Thank you for that

The diagrams and your description makes sense.

But my dad has 2 budgies down stairs and they are not clipped and they do the same thing.
So just a little confused
 
If he's to be free in your room … be very careful …. wires need to be made budgie proof … walking through the door he could be on the floor as they do like to root around so he may be stepped on, door opens and if he's flying he could land on the top edge of the door just as your closing it and that means broke tootsies or worse. If he gets stuck down the back of some furniture another nightmare.
Far better to get a large cage he can be safe in,
Would recommend you save up whilst he's growing his flight feathers back in and get something like this. Some of our member have cockatiels and conures which are bigger than budgies who live quite happily in them with plenty of room to have a flap and play while humans are out and about
https://www.littlepetwarehouse.co.uk/products/hamberley-single-metal-large-cage.html yes it's expensive but its going to last you for flipping years plus if ever you get another budgie … there's room for two! Sometimes if you have a look around on the internet this particular company also has money off voucher codes so you can get it cheaper still.

Didn't really think about potential hazards in the room

I'll have to double think s out that then, but he will certainly be out when I'm home

As for a larger cage - money isn't an issue to be honest £100 for the huge cage I thought that was a bargain!!

But it's massive , there's no way I could fit that in my room
And people use that for budgie ?! Wow
 
if they are pinning which means that new feathers are coming through they do tend to spend more time nibbling and nuzzling around at themselves to crackle the feather sheath off the newly formed feather. Don't forget birds have two sets of feathers the under down which is nice and warm and tiny little white feathers that stick to everything when they come off lol and then the top layer of feathers that covers them and have the colours in them
 
You don't have to have the bottom part of the legs ;wheel stand part attached I don't think so you could stand it on top of something. The door is nice and wide so they are able to fly in and out of it easily if they wish without bumping into things
Lets ask one of our members who has one if the legs have to be attached or not just to make sure :)
@Stinkie can you help with the question please regarding the legs of this cage? Can you construct the cage without the legs being attached or is it one solid piece that has to be attached please?
 
You can use the cage without the stand. I am using it at the moment but in the past I've had the cage on a table without a problem. Yes it is massive but it is a pleasure to fill it up with toys and perches to give your birdie a theme park rather than just another boring cage, in my opinion anyway.
 
I can see both videos.

Clipping feathers is a case of modifying the bird to fit the environment, which is not ideal. Modifying the environment to fit the bird is the way to go. Feathers will grow out and your beautiful little fella will be over this eventually.

The Little Friends Hamberley cage is a good one. We have one for our four budgies. A large cage, but with the correct bar spacing needed to safely keep smaller birds. It will easily accommodate a bathing bowl on the floor grill for your bird to splash around in.

With budgies, everything is done at a million mph, so what appears to quite violent behaviour is quite normal. The preening behaviour in the video looks fine. As long as you are not seeing a snow storm of discarded feathers and obvious nakedness, I would not be too worried. Our budgies look quite scruffy/patchy when moulting and again,. it happens quite quickly. Larger birds can take months to complete their moult.

Aloe vera spray can help with skin irritation. For example, "Fushi" organic is available on Amazon (and other sources). A light misting of water every day and then aloe/water spray mixed half and half every two/three days. Some forum members prepare their own aloe extract from the plant., Our budgies get a thorough soaking spray at least once a week. They don't enjoy it, but they all perk up afterwards.
 
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