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Urgent Sneezing and wetness

Wally&Eva

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Wally and Eva has always sneezed a bit, since I got them 5 weeks ago, Wally a bit more. When I spend all day (12hours) with them, maybe they sneeze about 3-8x over the course of the entire day. Everything else is the closest thing to perfect when it comes to behavior, eating, bathing, drinking, playing, sleeping, pooping (outside of a once in a while poop with bubbles after chop.) Buttt…the other day, I saw wet feathers by his nose. He had sneezed recently. It’s hard to tell, even though I stare at him in awe for hours, because he frequently goes to drink and bathe freely on top of the cage. But today, he had one nostril wet. My husband said that he went to drink water recently. But then he sneezed and his second nostril became wet. There isn’t any discharge per say. And I don’t see any trouble breathing or puffing. I haven’t taken them to the vet yet. My vet doesn’t take new patients at the moment and the one that has an avian specialist only has someone in 2x a month, and she skipped a week last month. Also, I was hoping to wait until the 10-12 week mark to see the vet, if there wasn’t a need, because taking them could traumatize them and they are still just 7-8 weeks old. I can include a picture, and I’m going to make an appointment for the end of the month. But should this be an emergency? Like just bring him anywhere? I attached a photo but it’s not very telling. It’s just… some wet feathers on the nose. Please tell me this is normal 97FD23BC-0141-4425-81F4-BC5795579FE5.jpeg
 

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I would watch him and if it gets worse off to the vet you go ..on the photo it looks like crusties around both nostrils ..or am I just seeing color around his nostrils :)
 

Wally&Eva

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I would watch him and if it gets worse off to the vet you go ..on the photo it looks like crusties around both nostrils ..or am I just seeing color around his nostrils :)
No it’s just wet feathers. If it weren’t for the fact that I saw one wet and one dry, then he sneezed and I saw both wet, then I really wouldn’t be concerned at all. I would have assumed that he was drinking water.

I should also say that it dries quickly and also that when Eva sneezes that it doesn’t get wet. Also that we have a dusty house at the moment. We have an air purifier we are moving into the room before I leave for work today. I sneeze from the dust at times. It’s like a runny nose after a sneeze
 

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Yeah if your house is dusty now I would think that was the issue ..just keep a close eye as these things can turn bad fast :)
 

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Yeah if your house is dusty now I would think that was the issue ..just keep a close eye as these things can turn bad fast :)
I’ve been cleaning out the storage room and the more I clean the dust, the dustier it gets haha. I hope it’s literally just a dusty/sneezy/runny nose situation. I think I can get a vet visit in 6/30. They will call me back.
 

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He just sneezed and I felt wetness go on my arm. Like an actual sneeze. Not especially eventful. Everything was normal, his nose feathers weren’t wet. I just was able to decipher, yes, that was a sneeze and you wet my arm. He’s beak grinding and sleeping now and had a great day but I don’t know if I should be alarmed.
 
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