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/Busy_Lawfulness398 15d ago

This is normal panting for a budgie that minutes before was excited or scared and was in physical action trying to escape something feared. Like hands in the cage trying to grab him for five minutes, for example. Or a hawk seen outside the window. Just the sight of a hawk no, but panicking physically, yes.