Re: Sick Budgie?


"dkrug" <dkrug@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Andy wrote:
>> Apologies if this is not the correct forum. I acquired a 16 week old
>> harlequin budgie about weeks back, and she seems to have an occasional
>> habit of coughing, going on for minute, linked with beak opening, maybe a
>> bit of headshaking, and swallowing. Still, she was always bright as a
>> button I put it down to habit.
>>
>> The last two days I occasionally can hear her wheezing when breathing, a
>> falling note, and she sticks her tongue out and looks like she's
>> swallowing some saliva or what-have-you, often when this happens.
>>
>> Obviously respiratory, but she does not seem listless or fluffed up or
>> off her food. My research suggested maybe goitre or perhaps a (?) lipoma,
>> blocking her airways, but I'm not sure why it is intermittent.
>>
>> She is on very largely a seed diet: I bought her an iodine tablet today,
>> and she eats a little lettuce.
>>
>> Anyone out there with experience of these matters who can suggest a
>> likely cause? I would take her to a vet but she seems bright as a button
>> apart from the occasional wheezing. If it continues I'll take her along
>> but would like to rule out nutrition or a chesty cold first,
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> Andy.
> Take the bird to the vet. Birds are very good at hiding sickness. Let the
> vet rule out "chesty cold" or nutrition.
> Debbie

I get the impression that Andy thinks a "chesty col" isn't serious and will
go away on it's own, like it would in a human animal. Of course they don't.
The bird needss to see a good avian vet immediately.

Dave


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