Australian budgie disease alert

[flyzipper]

I don't have additional info aside from what's posted in the attached link (sorry it's Facebook), but thought it would be a good idea to keep an eye on this.

https://www.facebook.com/Avigrain/posts/5264211680276622

https://www.facebook.com/Avigrain/posts/5264631283567995

 

[Kassiani]

This is awful! Those poor birds! It seems it is just as mysterious as the disease that was affecting wild birds here in the US. I can only imagine how hopeless people are feeling.

 

[Sparkles99]

This is terrible! I hope it doesn't make it to the wild budgies! They're in Australia too, & it's nice to have a parrot species thriving in the wild.

 

[AussieBird]

Is it only effecting budgies?
Also going to follow this thread.

 

[Kassiani]

I can follow the Avigrain FB page, but not the Budgie Lovers Australia page. You have to be in Australia to join the group. I hope some of the Aussie Budgie owners here will keep us up-to-date.

 

[AussieBird]

I can follow the Avigrain FB page, but not the Budgie Lovers Australia page. You have to be in Australia to join the group. I hope some of the Aussie Budgie owners here will keep us up-to-date.

I don’t have Facebook, but when I get home tonight I am going to find out as much as I can about this. It seems awfully scary.

 

[Hankmacaw]

Does anyone know whether individually owned budgies have been lost to this illness?

 

[AussieBird]

Bit more info for those interested

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1581341492236070&id=312864609083771

 

[flyzipper]

Glad it's not as widespread as feared.

"... ensuring usual wet weather precautions are observed in aviaries".​

Does anyone have insights regarding what this means?

 

[Shezbug]

I hadn’t actually heard anything about this till right now. I can’t believe I missed this thread.

I do know of a few outdoor budgie owners and also some breeders of budgies and other birds as well as a pet store owner who sells mostly budgies and so far none of us had heard of this…. I guess you miss a lot of information like this when you don’t have FB.

I wonder if the deaths have been in areas close to the flooded areas.

 

[AussieBird]

I hadn’t actually heard anything about this till right now. I can’t believe I missed this thread.

I do know of a few outdoor budgie owners and also some breeders of budgies and other birds as well as a pet store owner who sells mostly budgies and so far none of us had heard of this…. I guess you miss a lot of information like this when you don’t have FB.

I wonder if the deaths have been in areas close to the flooded areas.

The only budgie breeder I *know* had seen and shared it, otherwise I was going to share it with her.
I almost wouldn’t have known about if it wasn’t for AA.

 

[Scorpi0]

Any more updates on this??

 

[Tyrion]

WOW...Scary

 

[AussieBird]

Any more updates on this??

Not that I’ve seen but I also haven’t had the chance to look.

 

[FeatheredM]

It seems a little odd, no has heard of it here till now. It's only affecting budgies, what about all the other parrots? I hope the budgies will be okay. Is this wild budgies, I would understand that but it makes sound like they are pet budgies.