Please help!

[MaddyM]

So I had three parakeets. Two are american budgies and one is an English budgie. About a month ago I put all three into a semi-outdoor aviary. Sadly, one of the american budgies named Pudgie passed away. Right before she died I noticed that she had gotten some orange feathers on her head and her tail. Now, only a week later I saw that my other two have the same problem. I brought them inside.

P.s I had put a orange mineral block in their aviary that stained my hand the same shade of orange, but I saw no bite marks on it. Some one please help me because I have no idea what is going on with them.

 

[xgreenbudgiex]

Sorry for your loss, losing a bird is hard


Now about the mineral block.
They probably just brushed against it,
They don't have to eat it for the colour to get onto them.

I had a white zebra finch who used to sit next to the green mineral block I had for them until his tail and wings were green

So the orange feathers are probably nothing, just stains from being near it.

 

[rocky'smom]

can you take picture to show us what you are asking about?

 

[Mizzely]

Did it get really hot in the aviary or anything?

 

[camelotshadow]

May well be the orange min block. they donlt have to bite it they could be wet & land on it & transfer the color to there body. I don;t know but maybe just a plain white mineral block would be better as who knows what dyes are in it.

I might toss the orange block & closely watch the others.

 

[MaddyM]

Here is a picture of one of them.

 

[rocky'smom]

most likely it's the mineral block staining their feather. all it takes is damp feathers a good rub rub on the block and you have orange feather but if you are worried then into avian vet asap