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xanthoma

I believe that my budgie has a Xanthoma he has a bulge around his vent area just like another of my budgies has but the thing is this budgie is only 8 months old and the other budgie is about 6 yrs old and a female is there any way that I can reduce this swelling. The one the female has seems to have reduced in size since she has been laying eggs.

Hi,

You need to take the bird to an Avian Vet. There can be many causes for a bulge, and if it is some type of tumor, a Vet needs to determine whether or not it is a xanthoma or something else. It would be very unusual in such a young bird, unless the bird has really poor genetics or was bred from related birds.

Thank you for asking Lafeber,

Brenda