What are these lumps on my bird's toes?

[Bertie]

My 11 month old English budgie has odd "bumps" on her toes of one foot.
White-ish/yellow lumps/growths.
Two lumps as shown in pics, and one on a back toe on the same foot.

White-ish yellow in color. Have the initial appearance of crystals.
I gently poked the back toe lump - doesn't "seem" painful, moves at base, might be fluid or jelly filled ... like a huge plugged pore...

Those lumps weren't there in April. I have some pics taken in July, and they are there, but smaller.

They don't look like what I read mites are supposed to look like.
No dry flaky scaly skin, no thorny skin, no tiny holes the mites made ...
I found a pic on the web for mites on feet and beak and it doesn't look at all like these.

Never seen this before.
Anyone know what this is?

[Ashling]

Have you considered scaley?

[Bertie]

But they don't look anything like the pictures of scaly face, or scaly mites on toes ...
The bumps are kind of translucent.

[Monica]

Many mite cases are not diagnosed until it's a severe condition, so you can't rule out mites. However, I couldn't tell you what else it may be, and it may be something you'd have to ask an avian vet about. Sorry.

Budgie Pix

[maggy]

It might be gout..think its time to see the vet, just in case.

[Monica]

Originally Posted by maggy

It might be gout..think its time to see the vet, just in case.

It is a possiblity, but truth be told I don't think it quite fits the description...
Gout in Birds: How to Recognize the Signs in Your Bird
Gout In Birds - Avian kidney Disease

Graphic image of budgie with gout

[Lori~D]

Thats not gout. Gout is internal like arthritis and it would not be little lumps but more like enlarged joints. And there would be pain.

[Bertie]

I understood gout to be tiny crystalline deposits within the joint spaces, causing swollen and painful joints.
-- attached picture of budgie with gout, (Thanks Monica. Found my way to the pages there :) )
-- pic of "Joint aspirate showing uric acid crystals"
both from ocw.tufts.edu/Content/5/lecturenotes/215764 page

These are protruding bumps, that can be wiggled.

[Bertie]

Pics of Scaly Mites...

1 & 2 from birds-online.de/gesundheit/gesparasiten/grabmilben_en.htm

3rd from: geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/1958/ekeets4.html

Again, doesn't look like my bird's bumps.

[Monica]

It might not be scaley mites... but I don't think anyone on this forum could tell you for sure because we aren't avian vets. If you would like a professional opinion, please ask an a-vet.

Knemidokoptes pilae (commonly known as "burrowing mites" or "scaly face mites")

Knemidokoptes mutans (commonly known as "scaly leg mites")

Birds Online - Health and diseases - Parasite infestation - Burrowing mites (scaly face/leg mite)