I recently purchased a second budgie and I'd love to get some feedback on how I plan to quarantine him.
I have 1 other budgie -- Tweety. We took her to the vet yesterday for a checkup, and she has a clean bill of health
We picked up the new budgie last night and we plan to quarantine him in a separate room for 30 days. He's scheduled to go to the vet on Saturday for a checkup. Regardless of what the test results say, we'll keep them separated until after the 30 days are up.
Our plan is to:
- Take the new bird to the vet on Saturday for a wellness check
- Monitor the new bird for any signs of illness
- Keep each bird in separate rooms for 30 days with the door closed at all times
- Periodically open up the windows to let fresh air in and circulate (we'll keep them away from drafts and cold air)
- Vacuum the carpet daily
- Wash our hands before and after interacting with each bird
- Change Tweety's food/water/cage liner first before we change those things for the new budgie
- Lightly mist the cage liner with water when changing to prevent airborne particles from spreading
I want to make sure we're doing everything we can to keep Tweety from getting sick.
Is there anything I'm overlooking or missing?
I have 1 other budgie -- Tweety. We took her to the vet yesterday for a checkup, and she has a clean bill of health
We picked up the new budgie last night and we plan to quarantine him in a separate room for 30 days. He's scheduled to go to the vet on Saturday for a checkup. Regardless of what the test results say, we'll keep them separated until after the 30 days are up.
Our plan is to:
- Take the new bird to the vet on Saturday for a wellness check
- Monitor the new bird for any signs of illness
- Keep each bird in separate rooms for 30 days with the door closed at all times
- Periodically open up the windows to let fresh air in and circulate (we'll keep them away from drafts and cold air)
- Vacuum the carpet daily
- Wash our hands before and after interacting with each bird
- Change Tweety's food/water/cage liner first before we change those things for the new budgie
- Lightly mist the cage liner with water when changing to prevent airborne particles from spreading
I want to make sure we're doing everything we can to keep Tweety from getting sick.
Is there anything I'm overlooking or missing?