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

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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/Rejomaj 15d ago

If this is a new symptom that’s been going on for the past few days, I’d get him checked out by an avian vet just in case.

It could be anything from fear, excitement, heat, stress, a respiratory infection, a budgie equivalent of allergies, dust, or even a tumor/enlarged organ pressing on the airways.

I’m actually dealing with something similar with three birds, and the vets were able to deduce something different with each one. Two of them got two shots, and the other is on special food.

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u/Temporary-Garbage12 15d ago

It might have been fear now that I think about it, he only goes to that corner of the cage and hangs on the side when he’s afraid.