My girlie loves her baths (which she usually has under the running sink water) I’ve noticed lately that she makes a wheezy sound? Like if she aspirated water, she’s done this a couple times and it really scares me, and after this happens she wants to continue bathing and will throw a fit, today she was wheezing and I turned off the sink then she started sneezing and regurgitated a bit, a few moments after that she was back to normal. It’s such a weird thing, is this something I should worry about?
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Sometimes, Poppy gets water in her nose and makes a sort of wheezy, snorty sound until she sneezes it out. You mentioned regurgitation, are you sure it's not vomiting instead? Regurgitation is controlled, but vomiting is much more violent (usually involving a head shake in which the bird expells vomit everywhere).
It look like regurgitation, she got a bit of food out and was fine, I feel like maybe she did it because she was having trouble breathing with the water? I don’t know really I could be wrong
I'm not sure either. If the noise has gone away, I wouldn't worry too much. She was probably able to clear whatever it was just fine. If it happens again, maybe try to get a video of it to share here or with a vet.
It seems to happen every time after a bath. I’ll see if I can get a video next time!
