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My little Eddie has a scheduled check up vet appointment.
She has been laying eggs so I had cancelled her appointment that she had over a month ago.
Well, she laid another egg just recently but what is odd in her behavior lately is when she grooms i.e. her back she screams. At first i thought it was just senstive pin feathers coming in.She is not plucking feathers but when she touchs her own back she screams. I checked it for broken feathers or skin ifrritations but I found nothing.
I am worried something is amiss in her reproductive area causing her distress. I've upped her calcium intake, fresh veggies and sun-light, hoping it will help.
Regardless, thursday she has a vet visit because this screaming has been going on for too long and it is getting worse.

Eddie had her appointment (and I brought Button along too). Button's health is improving and she was not stressed at all going to vet. She has gained some weight which is good (103 grams!)
Eddie was in good health however the area she was picking at looked to be an ingrown or broken follicle. the doctor tried to remove it but could not unless she did surgery. Eddie was screaming! it was terrible so I have to put warm compresses on it and give her meloxicam. My poor little Eddie.....

Eddie will be on the meloxicam for a week so far she hasn't picked at her back. I do have to try to put a warm compress on her back today .
yup, Button seems to be doing better. She eat the harrison's and I think the milk thistle is helping.
*On another note, carl (the throwing up budgie) needs .2ml of amphorecin 2 x a day. .2ml seems like an awful lot to give to a budgie. it took me 15 minutes to slowly give carl the meds. It is too risky to have to undergo a crop flush (he is 10 years old) so we are trying this since he may have gastric yeast. (His vomit smells sour so that is the tell tail sign) the Apple cider vinegar didn't work on him so now he is on antibotics.
**I go absolutely nuts when I read about bird owners who do not properly care for their birds by not providing vet visits etc.. .I put money aside for these "what if" times. Maybe I am a "neurotic bird mommy" but I rather spend money properly caring for my birds than on other things.

I will admit I go overboard for my birds. Eddie is fine but I just fuss over her. I think most of Button's problems are genetic so between meds and perfect nutrition, exercise, some sunshine & cleanliness I am doing everything possible for her.
Some of the problems my birds have (i.e. Carl )is because he was a rescue bird so he came with some visible and latent issues.
I thought I had almost killed Carl with the meds. It is so stressful (for the both of us) to give him .2ml of meds twice a day. So I was posed with the dilemma : Do I continue to give it to him and possibly kill him from stress or do I stop and he may die from this crop issue?
I decided to put the meds in his water and change it continuously so nothing else gets in the water.
He seems OK so this may be the best way for him