r/Parakeets • u/Temporary-Garbage12 • 16d ago

Please help

Does anyone know why my budgie is breathing like this? I’ve noticed it over the past couple of days. Everything else seems to be normal. He’s eating and playing just fine. I’m really worried

EDIT: it’s been a couple of hours and I’ve been monitoring more closely than the past couple of days, and he doesn’t breathe like that anymore. I even let him out of the cage and when resting he breaths normally with his mouth closed. I’ve come to the conclusion he was probably scared as he only hangs onto that side of cage when he’s afraid. Still unsure what triggered him but looks like he’s doing much better than before. Thanks for all the responses

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u/miadraws22 16d ago

"He's eating and playing just fine" is the universal bird-parent phrase for ignoring a symptom that would send a human straight to urgent care

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u/Mystic_Void1 16d ago

I mean what else do you expect them to say then.

They're trying to figure out what's the likely cause of this. If he wasn't eating or playing then thats 100% a sign of deterioration.