Wash your hands

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It's not just a must when one of your budgies has mites, but it also works as a prevention against the spreading of human diseases on budgerigars.

Even if you are not feeling ill, you should wash your hands with warm water + antibacterial soap before and after you are in close contact with your bird. A lot of budgies catch an illness from their owner. A regular cold, for example, can be fatal for a budgie, while we always recover from it.