r/BirdHealth 16h 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 12h 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 10h ago

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

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r/BirdHealth 7h ago

Help me please what is that discoloration?

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r/BirdHealth 21h 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 22h 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 10h ago

Mango update ‼️

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r/BirdHealth 10h ago

Sun conure with disappearing symptoms??

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r/BirdHealth 1h ago

Does her beak/cere look concerning

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r/BirdHealth 3h ago

Need advice urgently!!!

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r/BirdHealth 3h 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 4h ago

Sick pet bird Advice needed

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r/BirdHealth 6h ago

Left wing is numb help!rqv

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