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Expert: Riley - 2/9/2007


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I have two parakeets and one male and one female and they are both about a 1yr. old. Recently there had been white flakes appearing on them and around there cage. They seem to be in good health other wise,does anyone know what to make of this. Please Help!!!                                      Thank you  

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Well how large are the flakes? It could just be that they are molting. But molting only last for a short while. Maybe three weeks at the most. If you get concerned you should contact a vet. If their behavior changes you should also contact a vet. But they could simply just be molting, and if that is so, there's nothing to worry about.

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I can answer many many questions on nesting, eggs, etcetera. Behavior, illnesses, diet, training and taming. There are some things I can't answer on illnesses but I do believe I can help with most of them. My strongest areas would be nesting, eggs and mating.

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I breed budgies. Only budgies. And I have exprienced all of the things I wrote when you asked me what kinds of questions can you and can't you answer.

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I studied bugdies for quiet a while before recieving my first. I know what to do in an emergancy and also basic information people may need to take care of their bird(s).

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Whenever one of my good friends has a question about budgies, I'm the one they ask. I don't think of them as clients, I just would say I help them in times of emergancies or general knowledge around the subject

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