Emergency Emergency!

[ingrehd]

So tonight I discovered Morgan has some white powdery/fungus like stuff on his nares.
He had a wet sneeze last night and a few times last week.
I'm super worried and no vets are open until 8 AM (besides emergency--which are waaaay out of my budget)
Anyone know what might be wrong?

 

[Sammy01]

It's hard to say what's wrong. At this point it could be pretty bad.

Get them in a warm comfortable area. If you can, give him a bit of chamomile tea (diluted and organic) to calm him down. Make sure the tea isn't hot.

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Here's a bit from an article:

Chamomile Tea

One of the most valuable medicinal plants is chamomile. Tea made from the flowers of this plant has anti-inflammatory effects. Therefore chamomile tea is very helpful during infectious diseases treatment. If your bird is suffering from an inflammation of its crop (a so called sour crop), cold or some another diseases, then chamomile tea can ease your feathered patients' discomforts and make him become healthy again more quickly. Another important disturbance of health you can treat with chamomile tea is a diarrhoea caused by a wrong diet. Inhalation of vapours from chamomile tea is a very effective additional treatment of cold and other diseases of the respiratory system. But you should talk to your avian vet in any case before serving chamomile tea to your bird to avoid any adverse reactions!

http://www.birds-online.de/nahrung/krankenfutter/tees_en.htm

 

[SoCalWendy]

So tonight I discovered Morgan has some white powdery/fungus like stuff on his nares.
He had a wet sneeze last night and a few times last week.
I'm super worried and no vets are open until 8 AM (besides emergency--which are waaaay out of my budget)
Anyone know what might be wrong?

Can you post a picture?

 

[Sammy01]

If your companion has mucus in his nares here's a link that tells you how to clean it up:

How to clean a bird's nose

If a bird's nose is congested, the animal can hardly breathe. Humans can blow their nose - birds are unable to do so. Therefore the bird owner has to help when there is mucus in a bird's nose. I find it very helpful to cut a tissue handkerchief into small pieces and rub the corners between my fingers to create tiny "nose cleaners" as you can see on the photo. You have to be careful not to push the nose cleaners into the nares too far. They soak up the mucus and bring the bird immediate relief. Each nose cleaner should only be used once! And please make sure not to touch the eyes with the used nose cleaner; else you risk an eye infection (ophthalmitis).

http://www.birds-online.de/gesundheit/gesinfektion/erkaeltung_en.htm

 

[SandyBee]

You can also take him into a steamy bathroom for congestion relief. Make sure he is breathing well and eating and drinking. Wet sneezes and mucous are signs of respiratory.infection, see vet first thing.

 

[D13H4RD]

Fingers crossed, hope all works out ok : )

 

[MonicaMc]

Sinus flushes are also another way to bring relief to a bird.... if you know how to do them.


I hope Morgan is doing well and you are able to take him to a vet!

 

[triordan]

So how is your bird today? Did you make it to the vet?

 

[ingrehd]

He went to the Vet today and got a gram stain done, which came back clean--so no infection!
Vet said that it may just have been allergies to something around the house that wasnt exposed to before.

 

[Pinkbirdy]

So glad everthings ok