Wolf wrote:If the bird is sneezing often, I would take it to see the doctor, just to rule out any respiratory infections, you just can't afford to take chances with their health as they are expert at hiding any illness until it is to late to save their lives. I think that I would also use the shower to steam up the bathroom really well and take him in there for about 15minutes, making certain that the toilet is closed and that he can't get into the shower where the hot water is running. This may help with his sneezing, even if he has an infection.
I would watch the bird so that I can see it poop to make sure that it is pooping normally and then look at the poop to see if it is looking like it should. Birds that are not sick rarely ever have any poop on them, so it is also a cause for concern.
The black on the feathers sounds like stress bars but you also need to observe the bird to see if it is barbering its feathers or if it is damaging them in some other manner and what that manner might be.
Wolf wrote:I would get this bird to the vet today. Make some calls and find the closest avian vet, tell them that your bird is sick and that you are on the way in and go.
Wolf wrote:I don't know, it could be very serious or not. Birds live in a flock, they do this to avoid predators, but if they get sick the flock kicks them out and will even peck them to death if they won't leave. This makes them very good at hiding any illness until they can not hide it any longer. By the time we start seeing symptoms of their illness they may only have a few hours to live. Sometimes they have longer but there is no way that we can know for sure. For this reason I treat every illness as an emergency as it might just be one.
My vet is over two hours away and for what it is worth, I love my birds and would rather pay for an emergency visit to the vet rather than to gamble with their life. I just assume that you and everyone else that has a bird feels the same as I do.
Wolf wrote:I don't know, it could be very serious or not. Birds live in a flock, they do this to avoid predators, but if they get sick the flock kicks them out and will even peck them to death if they won't leave. This makes them very good at hiding any illness until they can not hide it any longer. By the time we start seeing symptoms of their illness they may only have a few hours to live. Sometimes they have longer but there is no way that we can know for sure. For this reason I treat every illness as an emergency as it might just be one.
My vet is over two hours away and for what it is worth, I love my birds and would rather pay for an emergency visit to the vet rather than to gamble with their life. I just assume that you and everyone else that has a bird feels the same as I do.
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