Brain Freeze?

[azdesertrhino]

Mac, our B&G, likes to take a drink from a cup of ice water if he spots me or my wife drinking ice water. Of course, he also has to grab an ice cube in the process.

Sometimes after a couple of drink he fluffs all his feathers up and shakes his head.

Can a bird get "brain freeze" like a human when they eats something cold too fast?

could this cause any negative issues?

 

[Mudkips]

Parrots do this with hot food as well!

If it's not cold/hot enough to hurt you, I wouldn't worry about your parrot.
...especially if Mac goes back for more!

 

[suebee]

nut loves ice cubes and bobbing for ice cubes in her water dish!!

she also does the fluffy head thing, especially when she is given a nibble of cheese

 

[brianlinkles]

I just want to caution you. Not sure if you are letting him drink after you are drinking from the cup. Humans have lots of bacteria in their mouths that are very bad for our birds. You should never let your bird eat from something you have eaten from.

 

[azdesertrhino]

I just want to caution you. Not sure if you are letting him drink after you are drinking from the cup. Humans have lots of bacteria in their mouths that are very bad for our birds. You should never let your bird eat from something you have eaten from.

No, Mac has his own set of dishes!! If anything, he gets the first drink but normally we go and get his special cup and put ice and water in it for him.

A very good point though, hadn't thought much about that possibility!!

 

[DebsFlock]

Yep, I see a lot of bird people who are well aware of the bacteria a cat may carry, but who are unaware that human mouths are among the worst in the animal kingdom!

I don't see why any warm-blooded critter would not experience "brain freeze" -- although the mechanism reads somewhat complicated, it basically says if you cool down part of the body too rapidly, the circulatory system tries to react to even things out... but it'd have to be pure speculation as we don't even seem to fully understand it in humans!

 

[friedsoup]

Bogart loves ice chips or the whole cube, and the first sip of carbonated soda he does the head shake thing. his all time favorite is pink lemonade.

 

[azdesertrhino]

Bogart loves ice chips or the whole cube, and the first sip of carbonated soda he does the head shake thing. his all time favorite is pink lemonade.

Had to go off topic in my own thread!!

We had a Basset Hound years ago named Bogart. Always loved that name.

And for those that would remember the significance, At the same time we had a cat named Bacall.