i just got parakeets today and i want know if they r healthy
2006-09-04 08:37:43 · 6 answers · asked by cheezyboy 1 in Pets ➔ Birds
Take them to a vet for a check up.
Their feathers should look nice and healthy. If thier feathers look dirty or mangled, or missing, or puffed out all the time, there is a problem. Poop should look normal. Eyes and nose should look free a mucus. Beak and tonails should be at a good length. Should be active and use its perches.
2006-09-04 08:45:48 · answer #1 · answered by Laurie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A really sick bird will sleep all the time with its feathers fluffed out and both feet on the perch. It will have trouble holding its wings in place, causing the wings to droop. Their poop will turn weird colors - a normal bird's turds should be a dark brown or green, depending on what foods it was eating.
When it breathes it shouldn't bob it's tail. Tail bobbing happens when a bird breathes. It will raise and lower its tail in big bounces and it will often wheeze or sneeze when it does that. Most birds will not bob or will slightly bob their tail. If the bobbing is very pronounced I would worry!
If there's diarrhea, a runny nose and sneezing, rush your guy to the vet! Birds, when they get sick, will go down hill very fast. It can take as little as 24 hours from signs of a cold to death. I've lost a few birds because I didn't notice signs of sickness right away :-( .
Sometimes a birds' feathers will look messy. Babies often look really dirty. Often all you have to do is bathe them or feed them a better diet than what they grew up on. In a few weeks they look better! Sometimes babies look really messy because they've not learned how to groom themselves properly. This can happen to adult birds too, especially if they're older birds who never got a chance to live with someone who knew how to care for them properly.
Good luck to you! Parakeets are great little guys!
2006-09-04 22:48:30 · answer #2 · answered by white_ravens_white_crows 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
an lively parakeet is a healthful parakeet. no count if that's hyped up, laying on the floor (because of the fact parakeets relax jointly as their status), does no longer have sparkling eyes, or nostril, then it must be sick.
2016-09-30 08:22:08 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they are sick they will get all fluffy feathers out of place and their backside sometimes get poopy all over. (sorry I had parakeets lots of them and if they get a cold this is what happens)
The vet can give you medicine, they are very sensitive birds and should not be placed by drafts or cold basements or anything like that.
2006-09-04 08:44:35 · answer #4 · answered by Sky 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hi
I am worry about my bird i am not sure if he or her the feather is very fuzzy and sleeping lot not use to play before he or her love to play and eat with me like chip or popcorn something like and what wrong with my bird can anyone help me everytime i see i had two bird he or her sit too close what does that mean ?
2006-09-06 15:51:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
is it propping up the perch? maybe it's a Norweigan Blue ..maybe it's just sleeping..maaaaybe IT'S a DEAD PARROT or just pineing for the fjords!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!..did it say hello polly argghhh . plop
2006-09-04 10:35:06 · answer #6 · answered by briskem1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋