My budgie is sick with panting, biting, dirty vent. What to do?

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I recently started work at a care home for the elderly and one of our residents has a pet budgie. He does not seem very well at all, and I wondered if there was something I could do as the family refuse to take it to a vet. He does a lot of panting with clicking noises, has overly grown claws, a very dirty vent, and bites his own legs, feet, and feathers a lot but there is no obvious feather loss. This bird is not at all hand-tame, and will often attack me when I change its water or food. Pet's info: Bird | Unknown - Bird | Male

Angel Alvarado, LVT · Accepted Answer

Without the owner's permission, there may be very little that you can do other than impress upon them that their pet may be quite ill. The panting and clicking could be due to respiratory infection. The biting of the legs may be due to infection or parasites and the other issues are due to general husbandry.

My budgie is sick with panting, biting, dirty vent. What to do?

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