Bird making weird sound

[EinStein chic]

Please, I need your help. I have a bird who acts like it's choking but it is pecking and drinking fine. This bird tweets a lot so it sounds really funny. What can I do to help this bird? Please help

 

[EinStein chic]

The bird also doesn't feel like it has anything in its throat. It is deprecating itself from the flock though ,

 

[posoh]

I had that happen with a hen over the summer. I scooped her up and massaged her neck. It seemed to me that, like people, she had a partial blockage. Still getting air and all. Maybe it was coincidence but she was fine afterwards.

 

[EinStein chic]

Hmm. Just tried it. She still is making the noise with nothing in her throat. She will only breathe out her mouth

 

[EinStein chic]

What can I do to help her?

 

[posoh]

Have you tried giving her maybe a soft ball of bread in case there is a little bit of something in there? The one girl I mentioned gave me fits all summer with this kind of thing. Maybe as we sometimes get a hair caught maybe she has a feather? Or something environmental such as sand, dust, small twig/leaf...

 

[EinStein chic]

Huh. Ok I'll try that . Cuz she is pecking the ground and that but it sounds like a choking sound. I don't know if she got in her lungs either. I even looked down her throat and nothing

 

[EinStein chic]

Can birds survive if they get they get things in their lungs?

 

[Mountain Peeps]

Welcome to BYC! Please make yourself at home and we are here to help.

Sorry about your bird!

I had a similar issue last summer. I used so many things to help clear her throat up. Vaginal cream, yogurt and several medications. I finally used a sock cut in half and put it on her neck to correct her posture. She was fine in the morning!

Make sure she is drinking! Most important thing!

 

[EinStein chic]

She a drinking . She is one of my talky birds. This is an unusual sound. It's almost like wheezing , but nothing is down her throat. She talks , but only breathes out her mouth