Conure bobbing his head

[Papaya24]

Hello all, hope you and your birdies are great. My sun conure, Papaya, is only around five months old and has been seen by a vet about a month ago (perfectly healthy and strong). Today however I saw him doing this head bobbing movement and I am not sure what it is. Could something be stuck in his throat l? He has been eating and drinking normally and playing. Not sure what could be wrong also I am not sure if this is like regurgitating. Please help. Thank you!

 

[Farlie]

No, head bobbing is usually caused because he is trying to catch his breath or trying to breath.
Farlie at 6 months old started bobbing his head so I took him to the vet and he had a server repository infection and he was trying to get air down his lungs by bobbing up and down. He started vomiting and sneezing eventually. I thot I was going to loose him.
If it is constant then to the vet you must go BUT sun conures do bob their heads occasionally anyway. It's kinda of normal.

 

[Papaya24]

here is video of it

 

[Farlie]

That looks normal to me. Just playing.

 

[Fuzzy]

Hmmm, to me it looks like he might be adjusting his crop. Did it stop?

 

[Papaya24]

Yes it did thank you

 

[Fuzzy]

Keep an eye on him - I know you will.

 

[Papaya24]

Hi he is doing it again

 

[Papaya24]

Here he is doing it again

 

[Fuzzy]

The first slow bobbing looked like some kind of display because he spreads his tail a little sometimes. Then he does the fast bobbing at the end which I still think is adjusting the crop/kind of slight regurgitation. Hopefully someone else will join in...

 

[Papaya24]

Do you think it’s worrisome? I only have one bird

 

[Fuzzy]

Personally I don't think it is worrisome, but if you are worried, take him to the vet. Or see if the vet is able to see the video if you send it which would save you a trip.

 

[Lady Jane]

I will throw in my two cents here. Head bobbing with some food and liquid expelled can be avian gastric disease so I would have a swab of his crop done by your vet just in case and for peace of mind. It will be called a gram stain. Vet swabs the crop and makes a slide to look under a microscope. Usually its a budgie that gets this so I am not sure about a conure. Do you happen to feed him corn on the cob?

 

[cab124]

The first type of motion that he does looks like a display of some kind. My green cheek does something like this all the time when she seems to want me to leave her alone. The second one looked more like something related to the crop and seems normal to me unless he is doing it excessively.