mle
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Hi friends!
I’m new to the forum so nice to meet you all! It’s been about 5 months since I got my lovebird Peaches who is now 8 months old. From her avian annual checkup she’s apparently in good health.
But today she nearly gave me a heart attack. I had just given her a small bulb of millet in her cage and I accidentally bumped the cage while she was eating it and she froze. Her eyes started to close and she was open beak breathing. I instantly thought she was choking on the millet or that a piece was lodged in her nostril. I didn’t know what to do so I opened the cage door. She didn’t move and I began to get really worried. She made a sneezing noise once and then a loud click noise and after that noise she continued eating her millet. I closed the cage door and observed her for awhile. She bounced back to her normal self and was flying around the house shortly after as if nothing had happened. I never saw the piece she was potentially choking on (I guess she swallowed it?). I was ready to rush to the vet but she recovered so fast that I just observed her closely for the rest of the day.
I guess my question is first does that sound like choking? I’m worried she has a respiratory problem now though I don’t see any symptoms other than that incident. And second is there anything I can do to help if it happens again? Is it avoidable?
thanks a bunch!!
Mle
I’m new to the forum so nice to meet you all! It’s been about 5 months since I got my lovebird Peaches who is now 8 months old. From her avian annual checkup she’s apparently in good health.
But today she nearly gave me a heart attack. I had just given her a small bulb of millet in her cage and I accidentally bumped the cage while she was eating it and she froze. Her eyes started to close and she was open beak breathing. I instantly thought she was choking on the millet or that a piece was lodged in her nostril. I didn’t know what to do so I opened the cage door. She didn’t move and I began to get really worried. She made a sneezing noise once and then a loud click noise and after that noise she continued eating her millet. I closed the cage door and observed her for awhile. She bounced back to her normal self and was flying around the house shortly after as if nothing had happened. I never saw the piece she was potentially choking on (I guess she swallowed it?). I was ready to rush to the vet but she recovered so fast that I just observed her closely for the rest of the day.
I guess my question is first does that sound like choking? I’m worried she has a respiratory problem now though I don’t see any symptoms other than that incident. And second is there anything I can do to help if it happens again? Is it avoidable?
thanks a bunch!!
Mle