So after a few months of being stuck between a rock and a hard place, I've finally got enough money (and steady income) to take my flock (including Cooper after the first of the year) to the vet! Jersey is going on Tuesday - November 29th - and I'm actually going for more than routine blood work. I don't know what it's from, but in the last couple of days whenever she flies around my room for "free-flight" time she gets out of breath very easily, pants, and her breathing has a sort of "click" or squeaky type sound (only sometimes though). Other than that she seems to be perfectly okay, but I want to be sure she's not going to try and die on me anytime soon. To remedy this I've been keeping the humidifier on in shorter increments (because that's the only thing I believe I've changed in their room), I've pulled the blinds completely down (in case the window is leaking cooler air, which I'm not sure it is), I've stopped turning the bedroom fan on after I shower (my bedroom and bathroom are connected). and I've turned the average temperature on the space heater to 70 degrees Fahrenheit. This part kind of sucks, but I've been shortening their free-flight times to be sure I'm not causing her to strain. (Manny and Happy still fly back and forth across their cage though, so they're still getting exercise, and I'll get them to step-up and come out without Jersey once in awhile too.)
Does anyone have any idea what could've caused this?
I've been thinking and maybe she's getting a little overweight too? I've never weighed them, but she seems "stockier" than my two boys. I'm planning on picking up a gram scale next time I go shopping. So I'll start doing daily/bi-weekly "weigh-ins" to make sure they're not overweight. An actual air-purifier is also on the way!
If you have any suggestions on how to temporarily remedy it before the vet, please don't hesitate to suggest! I want to make sure that she's as comfortable as possible before I take her in.
(Just so everyone knows, I haven't noticed anything respiratory-wise in my other two birds, so I don't believe it's contagious. But in case it is, they're all going in over the next three weeks, on their own appointments.)
Does anyone have any idea what could've caused this?
I've been thinking and maybe she's getting a little overweight too? I've never weighed them, but she seems "stockier" than my two boys. I'm planning on picking up a gram scale next time I go shopping. So I'll start doing daily/bi-weekly "weigh-ins" to make sure they're not overweight. An actual air-purifier is also on the way!
If you have any suggestions on how to temporarily remedy it before the vet, please don't hesitate to suggest! I want to make sure that she's as comfortable as possible before I take her in.
(Just so everyone knows, I haven't noticed anything respiratory-wise in my other two birds, so I don't believe it's contagious. But in case it is, they're all going in over the next three weeks, on their own appointments.)