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Urgent Not Sure if Sneezing?

Klomonx

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Today I have Dawson out, and he's making sneezing noises, but I don't know if he's actually sneezing or not? He's not doing the head shake when he does the noise. Is this a sneeze? Something worse? Is he just mimicking?
(He's a black capped conure)

Update: he's playing now and not making the noise...so is it just a noise he picked up? His nares are clear. Also much beak grinding.
 
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Birdbabe

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Maybe he had some dust in his nares, or he picked up the noise.
 

haleybethg

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Gilly sneezes often. Once she sneezed so hard she had clear bird snot on her beak. :wideyed: She checked out fine at the vet. I've since read that it's normal for a bird to sneeze, even to have clear snot (like us), as long as the nares are clear and the face feathers aren't wet or matted and they're not showing any other symptoms.
 

Chihuahua

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my sun conure sneezes occasionally, nothing to worry about
 
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