illness

Tori, our female parrotlet, is causing us great concern. Eight days ago, my wife and I independently noticed that she seems different. Much quieter and a bit more fluffed up (she's usually very active and cheeky). Her condition has worsened. She mostly just sits and doesn't follow her partner...

Ever since we adopted this parakeet three years ago, my parakeet, Mac, makes this weird noise EVERY time he takes a drink of water. Here is the link to a youtube video of him exhibiting the behavior - Odd parakeet behavior after every drink - I hope you can all see it. A about a month ago, Mac...

Hi all, About 5 days ago I noticed my GCC suddenly had a sort of raspy, hoarse sounding contact call. Just to be clear, I did call our avian vet ASAP who stated she believed that it was due to the dryer climate and we scheduled the next appointment to be safe but they were booked out almost 2...

Hello, this is my first post so I am not really sure where to start. I have 2 budgies, Willow and Kiwi. Willow is approx 6-7 months old and Kiwi is 3-4 months. Willow was previously living with Basil, my older bird who passed suddenly from an allergic reaction to meds for a respiratory...

A friend of mine is rehoming his ringneck dove to me next month, but I just heard that it can be dangerous to keep other birds with birds that produce dust, such as my cockatiel. Would it be a bad idea to keep the dove in the same room as my tiel? If I can't keep them in the same room he will...

Hello! Lately my budgie has been sleeping on both of her feet and standing with her wings out with her feather unfluffled, I was wondering if this could be a sign of illness? She’s just as vocal as before just the weird sitting. The photo I attached it the best I can get because when I get...

Hey everyone, just to preface - I am going to take him to an avian vet hopefully tomorrow. I couldn't take him to the vet today as it was a holiday here in Canada and no avian vets were available. So please keep that in mind. My 10 month old male is very off today and showing signs of illness...

On Sunday my budgie wasn't really looking good, he was sleeping the entire time, with his feathers puffed up. Once, when I checked on him, he was laying on the floor, but making no effort to climb up. We planned to take him to the vet on Monday. But the next morning, when I checked to see how he...

Oscar is a male Military Macaw who is approximately 10 years old. This thread is to share what I'm learning along the way as we attempt to determine what's causing Oscar's respiration to be... "not normal". October 2020 - Oscar came home to live with Marvin, Jericho and I. January 2021 -...

Hello! I'm a long time bird fan, but a very new and inexperienced bird owner. My family recently got me two budgies to help us cope with the loss of another bird we had been caring for (long and sad story, I may post about him in the Highway to Heaven area). When I was talking to them to help...

He's has been having issues with flying. He was born with two different shaped eyes/eyelids so I imagine there could be something wrong within his head. I'm 70% sure it's neurological but I could be wrong. He flies very slow and when he does, he makes slight noise as if he's injured or something...

Hi all, Longtime reader, first time poster, so I apologize in advance if this question has been answered elsewhere...and for the VERY LONG post! o_O My little 18 month old budgie has been displaying some symptoms lately that have me concerned that he may have a respiratory infection / illness...

My Fischer's Lovebird, Peaches, is extremely sick. I'm on the way to an avian veterinarian because I don't believe in waiting these things out. I care about her so much and I found her on top of her cage this morning laying down and when I picked her up she felt cold and limp. I put her inside...

Hi, made an account just because this is worrying me. I have a 5 year old black headed caique, I've had her since she was a baby and she's always been healthy. Nothing has changed in her diet or environment. The last few days her droppings have changed to be more watery like in the pictures. All...

Hey fellow bird lovers! If you saw my previous post, you know what's going on. But in case you didn't, our 8 month old parakeet whom we call no name has been showing symptoms of respiratory illness since Monday evening. It is currently 2:50 pm on Wednesday, 7/8/2020. He is still having some...

I have a 2year old pineapple conure and recently I have noticed that after flying around the room due to being spooked she regurgitates a white solid. She only does this after flying and shows no other signs of illness. Should I take her to the vet to get checked out. I am quite worried but my...

First of all SORRY FOR THE SPAM We haven't kept birds for a long while and when we did there wasn't anyone to do a whole lot of research so they unfortunately would pass before their time. So with the two birds we have now I may be a little paranoid but I want to make sure my babies are okay...

Hi! I'm trying to put together a first aid kit for my Buddy. After a spooked crash right after 2 major holidays it occurred to me that every birdy family should have one. Why didn't we have one???? Every time I've placep an internet order since then, I try to purchase something for it...

Hi, I have two violet hooded lovebirds Billy and Silly, i am unsure of the sex, as my partner bought them home from the markets they are appox 12 months old, Billy (the Darker blue) has been ripping the paper from the bottom of the cage, putting it in water and taking it up to their snuggle pod...

So my budgies often "poof up" when sitting still. They are not always like this. I read on the Avian Web, Beauty of Birds regarding Budgies this could indicate illness. Also read it means they could be cold. I live in a 5th Wheel with an overhead A/C but I keep the temp above 70, usually in the...