Hello!! I have 2 parakeets one of them is 10 years old and the other is 6 about to be 7. They both live in an aviary with 2 other lovebirds and they have plenty of perches and things to perch on. The 6 year old parakeet has been acting more slow lately and today I caught her having difficulty flying. She tried to go to the other side of her aviary but seemed to kind of fall and get very tired as she got to the perch. She has also had a sore like on one of her legs (she’s had it for a while and I’ve tried healing it but she gets very stressed whenever she’s handled, so I try doing it as least as possible although it’s gotten a bit better). Another thing is that these past few weeks her vent seems to be getting dirty and poop sticks to it so I have to manually remove it at times. As I looked at her today I feel like her body under is more hard than usual and the skin seems very dark under the feathers. Despite all this she still eats and drinks water fine. My main question is if anyone has ever experienced something like this with another parakeet and whether it’s worth trying to help her or should I let her be and just try to keep her as comfortable as possible? Also her and the other parakeet are always together so if she were to sadly pass away although hopefully not would it be recommended to get him a buddy, I’m worried he might get depressed. Thanks for the help o appreciate it, especially if you read my rant 
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