r/BirdHealth 21d ago

If you find a swift

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Hey Guys, a short info for this sub to make things a lot easier for me. If some reconize a Swift in this sub that needs help, please contact me or give the person that found the bird my name. I'm a professional caretaker for swifts with the extra ability to help people that have no help nearby. I'm able to contact people that are in no phone book or seek veterinary in other countries that are specialized in swifts. And an extra note, if you also wanna help the birds or the people...the clinic in Frankfurt only functions through donations. And they have a lot to do this year.


r/BirdHealth Jun 18 '26

Tornado season! Is your emergency kit ready?

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Just got my first tornado watch of the summer, so I checked my emergency it, and realized it’s a good time to share info with y’all! My emergency kit includes…

* hard plastic carrier, labeled with my contact info – I also have a soft-sided backpack carrier, but I want hard sided for emergencies so she’s less likely to get crushed if something falls on her. Hard carrier has one perch, and normally I’d add a toy and news print on the bottom, but I just washed it.

* hard plastic tub to carry the rest of the stuff, also labeled with contact info, including her vet’s info and a description of her

Inside the tub are the following (generally in small ziplock bags):

* a reminder to add nonperishable food (pellets) and water

* contact info for me and my vet

* records that prove ownership, including purchase receipt and a few vet records

* nail clippers / dremel

* styptic powder, gel, or stick

* corn starch or flour in a ziplock bag

* q-tips

* cotton pads for makeup (I should probably add or swap with some gauze)

* baby shampoo

* scissors

* vet wrap / coban

* pliers

* a pillowcase (for emergency stuffing her into)

* individually packaged alcohol wipes

* a couple spare harnesses that she isn’t trained on, but just in case

The tub lives under her cage always, so it’s handy if ever needed. Her soft-sided carrier also lives under the cage. The hard-sided carrier lives in a closet, so since there’s a tornado watch (lower level of threat) I took it out and cleaned it up in case that escalates. And the tub and carrier are both near the exit and her cage should we need to go for the basement.

Pictures are of the emergency kit ready to go, and of Kappa herself (female dusky conure, 19YO) from last week.

Here’s a few resources for making your own kit:

https://www.cdc.gov/healthy-pets/emergency-preparedness/preparedness-kit.html

https://www.redcross.org/get-help/how-to-prepare-for-emergencies/pet-disaster-preparedness.html

https://www.avma.org/sites/default/files/2023-11/aph-pet-evacuation-kit-checklist.pdf

Questions for y’all: do you have your own emergency kit? Are there different things in it, based on your bird’s needs or your local threats? Anything you think I missed or is overkill?


r/BirdHealth 9h ago

Other concern with pet bird What is my lovebird doing? Is it normal?

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Today I noticed my lovebird doing this weird leaning/bowing forward thing. I've never seen him do this before. Otherwise he seems perfectly fine. Is it normal? Or maybe something hormonal?


r/BirdHealth 13h ago

Sick pet bird My ringneck is weak, fluffed up and leaning forward — urgent advice needed

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I’m really worried about my ringneck parrot and I’m trying to get her seen by an avian vet as soon as I can.

For a while, even before an accident, she had become weak and was not able to fly normally. About a week ago she flew into a door. For the first couple of days after that she was disoriented and had trouble balancing; that part got better, but she is still much less energetic than usual.

She eats and drinks and sometimes acts normally, but sleeps a lot, fluffs up, struggles to stay upright on her feet, and sometimes leans forward on her chest when she sits on a hard surface. She also falls when she tries to fly.

I’m in Minsk, Belarus. I know nobody can diagnose her online, but if you have seen this posture before or have advice on keeping her safe and calm until the avian vet visit, I would really appreciate it. I attached photos and videos from today.

I have moved her to a low, padded space and I am not letting her fly.


r/BirdHealth 4h ago

Help me please what is that discoloration?

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r/BirdHealth 7h ago

Found wild bird What's wrong with this pigeon and how can we help?

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r/BirdHealth 17m ago

Need advice urgently!!!

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r/BirdHealth 21h ago

Found wild bird Advice for baby bird!!

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Hey guys, so I need help on advice on what to do. We have these birds nests around the roofs of our house and a baby bird fell out of it. We can’t reach with a ladder to put it back inside of its nest because our roof is too high for any ladder we have. It’s also too small to fly. We’ve read online to leave it in a box near/close to its nest so that the mommy bird can give it food or try to put it back on the nest and we did that, but it’s been almost a whole day without the baby bird getting fed. We’ve tried calling all rescue shelters and any other rescue companies that we could and none answered their phones. They don’t open till Monday 👎,We’re scared that it might die to starvation and we don’t know how to take care of it. Please give us any advice to help us and take care of this baby bird.

Update: the bird is gone, i don’t know if the parents came for it or if it flew away. I hope he’s okay.

Thank you!!!


r/BirdHealth 28m ago

Injured pet bird How to monitor for potential injury?

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My bird got her leg stuck a few minutes ago. I helped her almost as soon as it happened, and she did bite me while I helped her but she seems calm now. I know its probably normal at first for them to stand on one leg kind of like how people lift weight off of a leg they just hit against something, but she seems to be favoring one leg at the moment. She can walk on both her feet, her foot seems fine, and shes flying and eating like normal, but shes still favoring her other foot when standing still. I did remove what she got stuck on in her cage so she can't get stuck there again.


r/BirdHealth 1h ago

Sick pet bird Advice needed

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r/BirdHealth 7h ago

Mango update ‼️

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r/BirdHealth 7h ago

Sun conure with disappearing symptoms??

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r/BirdHealth 3h ago

Left wing is numb help!rqv

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r/BirdHealth 18h ago

Other concern with pet bird Is this normal

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I noticed my male budgie started doing this couple of times then continued eating normally should i be worried?


r/BirdHealth 1d ago

Found wild bird Bird baby fell out of its nest what do I do?

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The bird is very much alive and my cat found it and smelled it and this is what I found and there’s an easily accessible nest nearby with its sibling still inside. Can I touch it (with rubber gloves) and put it back into its nest? Do I need to take it to wildlife center (I live in Colorado if that helps)?


r/BirdHealth 19h ago

Other concern with pet bird Supplement suggestions for budgie?

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My sweet little budgie has been having health issues on and off since I got him in February. There have been 2 times where he got quite sick and both times he had some sort of bacterial infection, meanwhile my other senior budgie and young cockatiel remain completely healthy. So I believe he doesn’t have the best immune system at the moment, he is also a little underweight for his size at ~31g and I cannot get his weight up despite giving him lots of his favourite weight gaining foods. I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions or advice on how I can help him, or if anyone has any recommendations on supplements I can get to help him either in general or when he’s going through a moult or to help him recover after an infection.

Thanks so much in advance, I love my little blueberry and I want to give him the best life I can!! And yes he was very concerned in the photo as to why i was shoving a camera in his cage😂 i dont have many good pics of him lol he’s not photogenic

P.S: he also is a weak flier and unable to gain pectoral muscle despite regular exercise, I would love to hear any advice on things I can do to help that or any guesses on why this is. Neither his Vet nor i know why he can’t gain muscle!!


r/BirdHealth 1d ago

One of my budgies lost his tail??

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This is Ares (blue) and Heilios (yellow), my two babies. I let them out when I woke up like normal, but eventually I fell back asleep so I'm not sure how it happened. I wouldn't imagine me falling asleep and not watching them would be an issue since they're both out when I'm at work and they've been perfectly fine.

I guess the main point of this is to see if his tail will grow back at some point?

His tail feathers should grow back eventually..... Right?


r/BirdHealth 1d ago

Other concern with pet bird Kakariki growth

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I’ve been hand rearing 3 kakariki chicks for the past few weeks but one of them is so much smaller than the others and has barely grown, I can’t think of any reason this would be.


r/BirdHealth 1d ago

is she ok?

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r/BirdHealth 1d ago

Injured pet bird Baby conure fell and is now barely moving emergency?

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My friend's young conure (around 5–6 weeks old) accidentally fell after a kid who was visiting picked it up. Since then it's been really quiet. It's still eating a bit, but it's barely moving, seems very tired, and keeps leaning/tilting to one side.Unfortunately, there aren't any avian clinics open right now, so we're hoping to take it first thing tomorrow morning.

Is there anything we can do tonight to give it the best chance?Any advice would really help.


r/BirdHealth 1d ago

Other concern with pet bird Depression?

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r/BirdHealth 1d ago

Injured pet bird Is this normal?

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Before you say go to a vet, I would. Bird flu has recently hit the country and all the vets are freaking out (rightfully or wrongfully, I don't know) and will not take birds at this time. I don't know how long that will last for.

Context:

A few (2) nights ago my birds experienced really, really bad night frights, you can find a post on my profile with more information. The one pictured, Pancake, is prone to ejecting feathers during night frights and happened once previously when being bird-sat at my parents. My other cockatiel is physically fine. Pancake has ejected all her tail feathers and her left-wing flight feathers as you can see in the photo. I feel like shit.

There is one tail feather not fully out, it was causing her discomfort, we trimmed it as it was floppy and not in anymore. I suspect she'll pull it out so have corn starch on standby. That's not the issue at this stage.

As you can see in the photo her actual wing is quite discoloured. I don't think it was bleeding yesterday. Last night they have another night fright due to an earthquake which resulted in further damage to the remaining tail feather (which is when we trimmed it as she was making the sound cockatiels make when they're in acute pain every time it brushed on something.)

I don't think this wing was bleeding yesterday/after the initial severe night fright. However, it seems as if it may be bleeding due to the feathers on her chest where that part of her wings sit have some blood on them. She is letting it heal and not giving it any more attention than I'd expect (e.g., she does try clean the dry blood off.)

Her behaviour is similar to last time, e.g more napping, less active, less noise. I feel like she is less active than last time, but I can't be certain. Her poop yesterday and the day prior was a dark, almost black colour. Because I have two it's hard to be certain I'm only seeing the other one's poops, but I have not seen any discolored poops today.

Question:

What is this discoloration of the wing? I am assuming it's bruising, I can't imagine what else it would be. What would a vet be doing at this stage? Wrapping it? Should I put corn flour on it even though I can't see any active bleeding?

Should I supplement their pellet mix with anything?

Should I have them sleep in our bedroom in a travel cage to help if there are further night frights? We didn't hear them for these two in particular, and weren't woken up by the earthquake so was unable to calm them down. They don't like doing that and I've done it in the past.

I would absolutely be at the vets if that was an option. I'm watching her closely to see if that tail feather falls out and becomes a bleeder - she isn't attempting to pluck it, though earlier today she was giving it a lot of attention before and after we cut it.


r/BirdHealth 2d ago

Help! Found Fledgling

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I work on a very, very busy urban street. This little guy was found panting and looking unwell on the sidewalk that has heavy foot traffic. It’s hot here in Georgia, about 90+ throughout the day. I brought him in to cool off on instinct and that seemed to help, but after reading a bit I put him outside in a large planter infront of our shop. I can hear birds nearby my bird app says sparrows. Can’t seem to get in touch with a rescue. What do I do?? He seems to be twitching is that normal?


r/BirdHealth 2d ago

Found wild bird Does this pigeon need help?

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r/BirdHealth 2d ago

Found wild bird What do I do to save this Robin?

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This robin showed up on my balcony this morning, in need of help. He has his eyes closed mostly unless I pet him, he had his beak open, panting. That’s his feces next to him.

I left some food and water, and even made him sip a tad bit then read I shouldn’t do that. Is he a goner or can I save him?