My Parakeet has Eye Fungus

User Question
i recently acquired a parakeet from my grandmother, unknowen health condition. he has a fungus ring around his eyes- looks crusty and started vitamins about a week ago, one drop in water and one in food and now his white head feathers and white beard feathers have started to turn pink since starting the vitamins. any suggestions?

Lisa's Answer
It's good that you have the poor thing on medication, I've never had a parakeet get eye fungus! I wonder how that could happen. Did your grandmother let the bird bathe at all?

In any case, keeping the bird on its vitamins if that's what the vet recommended is definitely important. Many bird feathers react to vitamins by turning colors. For example, the whole reason flamingos have pink feathers has to do with minerals in their diet - if you feed them 'regular bird food' their pink color goes away. So I really wouldn't worry about this temporary pink color. Think of it as a cool hairdo for your keet. The important thing is that you get this eye fungus resolved so the budgie's eyes aren't damaged or destroyed. Once you get the fungus cleared up, you can take her off the vitamins and the color will undoubtedly return to normal.

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