Splay legged baby

We recently got a new baby budgie (we didn't buy him) and he has a splay leg. One of his siblings had it too but we managed to fix it on him. But for this one, we can't fix it. He has some other problems with his right leg. His leg bends the opposite way at his knee.

What a cuite! Could an avian vet help determine if there is anything to be done for its legs? I wouldn't give up without the recommendation of a professional.

It will be a challenge to keep him, but it is quite possible to raise a baby cockatiel with disabilities to adulthood. They will require more attention, patience, care, and overall will not have the same life as other birds. There is no correcting splayed legs if they don' get fixed properly, and the bird will end up being on the ground and unable to perch on perches for its entire life. It may suffer greatly if great care is not given to make him comfortable, but in the right hands they can live happy lives.

At this age it can still be fixed think. An Avain vet can help you, every day matters so get him in as soon as possible!
https://www.cutelittlebirdiesaviary.com/splayed-leg-prevention-and-treatment.html

We don't have any avian vets here in the Maldives and the only vet that we do have is in the Male and due to covid, it's impossible for us to go there.

The splay leg isn't the problem here, we managed to fix his sibling's splay leg, but his right leg. We could fix the splay somehow but we can't fix his leg. I'm fully aware that taking care of this budgie will be much harder than taking care of Cookie and I'll be doing my best to give him/her a good life. S/he's 1.5 weeks old so I think the splay can still be fixed so I will work on that.

I'm confused, this leg in your photos does fall under splayed legs and the posted the leg can still return to near normal with help and intervention. This is a young chick growing rapidly and yiu can change tge position of the leg

When I posted the previous messages, my brother told me that he still had a splay leg. I've been told that he no longer has a splay and the only problem with him is his right leg. I've tried to gently bend it into place but that didn't seem to work and I don't want to hurt him.

Here's a clearer picture of his leg.

His left leg:



His right leg:



(I started drawing that line from what would be his hip joint and ended it a bit beyond his ankle joint)

Interesting. How is he doing now? We have a severely splay legged budgie hen. She is quite disabled and cannot walk or stand or jump or even scratxch her head in a normal way. She will be 2 years old in this coming January, and we love her dearly. She is a LOT more work than our other budgies, but she is absolutely perfect. A wonderful little friend in a down coat.



With time you learn what they can and cannot do, and you come up with ways to help them lead their best life. When Hima was young, we didn't even trust her not to drown in a water dish and only gave her water by hand out of a bottle cap a few times a day. At this point she is safe around a small dish, but we don't have a spare one so we still just give her water by hand. Her legs actually form a shallow V shape, and slightly bend back over her back when at rest. She has some ability to move them
from this arrangement, but she often will rest with one or both legs bent over her back... hard to describe. We have to not only keep her wings clipped, but clipped short. Otherwise she gets her legs caught on the wing feathers when she tried to scratch her head. She can only reach parts of her head to scratch, so we help her out when she gets a case of the ole' itchyhead.



This write up makes her seem unable to do much of anything, but I assure you she is all budgie. Sass, sweet, and she is mobile enough to get into all sorts of trouble(pestering the other birds, eating floorcandy, mining for shirtgems(I have a shirt with rhinestones on it), shimmying her way around to get to areas she isn't supposed to be, etc etc etc.) She is a very, very hands on pet. We spend most of our time with Ms. Himawari supervising.

Some photos of Himawari Flatbird. Some older than others.


Edit to add that in the naptime with Mr. Bug photo, both I and Mr. Bug were awake. Only Hima was taking a nap. It is not safe to sleep with your bird in bed, even just a nap. Too easy to accidentally roll over or something. This edit added in for the google readers, not necessarily for you Cookie's mom.