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So even if I tube feed, hows that going to solve the problem? And do I make up my tube feeding meal or just tube feed him with the gatorade???He's wheezing and sneezing because the water is going into his nasal cavity and possibly his trachea. Tubing will allow you to bypass both of those holes.
Here is the choanal slit, it's what their nares are connected to:
When they shut their beaks/bills it covers the glottis and is how they breathe.
"At the base of the tongue, the glottis and the laryngeal mound are located. The larynx of mammals is used for vocalization, but it is the syrinx, located down much further, that is responsible for sound production in birds. The glottis is the opening to the windpipe, or trachea. The choana is located on the roof of the mouth. It is a slit that connects through some passages to the nostrils. One really neat difference that birds have is that the glottis will fit snugly into the choanal slit when the bird closes its mouth, and the bird will then have a closed connection from the nostrils to the windpipe. When a human breathes through the nostrils, the air goes through the back of the throat, which is an open area, to the trachea through the larynx."
Source: http://www.exoticpetvet.net/avian/anatomy.html
-Kathy
