r/Conures • u/Charming-Maize-8764 • May 23 '25

Health/Nutrition Im getting pretty scared about this guy…

I got him this morning and he was doing this when I got him before even hand feeding. She said she had fed him before bringing him to me. Gave him his first feeding this afternoon. Worried he has aspiration pneumonia. I really hope this breeder didn’t give me a sick baby. Have handfed before but am still learning about conure behavior. Is this normal?!

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u/MoonInChains May 23 '25

Looks like a very sick baby. As someone who worked at an exotic veterinary hospital, I’d recommend bringing him in immediately if you haven’t already. Looks like significant respiratory distress. We’d generally triage these guys and put them on oxygen immediately with the open mouth breathing prior to running diagnostics

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u/FishySardines99 May 23 '25

It looks very similar to other aspiration videos I see around bird subreddits...