Need Advice!

[jcvandrain]

So I just welcomed 2 new parakeets to my home. One of them is what you would expect a budgie to look like but the other one is albino (not lutino). It is with the albino one that I am having problems with. First off none of the birds like her or really interact with her at all. She seems to be lacking all social skills and regularly acts awkward around her cage mate and my 2 other parakeets. On top of this she seems to have disproportionate body parts. Her beak seems too big along with her feet and her tail and wings seem to small. Not only are her feet too big but she is double jointed as well. When she walks she has her face to the ground and nearly trips. My girlfriend and I believe that she may have vision problems due to being albino and her lack of color may be why the other birds outcast her. She is also having issues adjusting to being handled and gets aggressive at times. She cant even grasp the step up concept which the other birds learned in a day or two. Is my bird retarded or just disabled because of her albinoism. Any insight or advice is greatly appreciated.

 

[crimson]

I'm sure there are other members who are much more qualified to answer your question, but I am suspecting your other birds know 'she' is not right. they don't look at her with deformed feet or beak, they look at her as 'weak', and will be susceptible to being attacked by your other birds. she sounds like a 'special needs' bird, a trip to the avian vet mind help you find the answers your looking for. can you provide pictures???

 

[henpecked]

Those type of things are not uncommon with "ino's", Albinos or Lutinos but ya more common in the "white" birds. Genetics, fancy breeding comes with a price.

 

[jcvandrain]

Here is a picture of her

 

[Birdlover11]

I don't know about birds not interacting with her just because of her color. When I go to petco and see the budgie display the white budgies are always preening other budgies and gettting preened. I think all the birds are ignoring her because of her disabilities like, bad vision and clumsiness . By the way she is beautiful ! She doesn't looks deformed , just the way she was breeded was bad, bad breeding .