Lost budgie caught---unsure of when/if to integrate to existing budgies.?

Question

We found a budgie in our backyard a month ago and was successful in catching him. He has been in a cage in our living room for a month and I have been watching him for signs of illness but thus far have seen nothing of grave concern. I have a large aviary cage of budgies upstairs and was aiming to eventually move him into that cage but my main fear is disease. I think he would have passed by now if he had something horrible. His f***s is fine and very healthy. He is not scratching profusely and seems like a normal little budgie eating/drinking and singing. I know he was outside for at least a week as we were trying to coax him to us for a week and finally we got him.

The only thing I have noticed in the last two days is a little patches of kind of greyish white skin on his cere which is otherwise bright blue.

Question is, how long should I wait? I do have Scatt, which takes care of mites.....should I try that...just in case?

Answer 1

Quarantine periods for birds should be 30 to 60 days.

That means the new bird should not be in the same air as other birds. A different room away from other birds is best.

Birds hide sickness by in stint, and by the time we notice they are very ill. Bird droppings tell much, so know what is normal in color and size and number of daily.

Sick birds usally don't eat well.

Treating avian species with over the counter drugs is very risky and rarely work, some even kill.

I hope you placed a free ad in your local paper's Lost section for the owner.Maybe put up flyers too in hopes this bird gets back home. Someone is worring about him/her.

Glad you caught him before something tragic happened.

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Answer 2

Keep your lost/found fid in quarantine for at least 30 to 45 days.Seek a avian vet and have blood work and a check up on your lost/found fid.Not only can that fid infect your fids but your fids can also infect that bird.

Answer 3

I would recommend having him checked out by an avian vet and keeping him in quarantine until you're sure he's healthy.  Birds intentionally hide illness, and things can be hard to spot, and birds also have poor immune systems, which makes catching things much easier than you'd expect.  I think the time you've had him under observation is right, but I would still check with a vet.  As for the patches, is that from missing feathers there?