Nose blocked

[Chipper]

My Amazon was clearly having breathing problems. On close inspection I found one nostril was blocked. I held my bird in a towel and with a tooth pick I gently probed and found that a small amount of feather fluff had congealed therefore blocking the nostril. With a wooden toothpick I gently removed it and now my bird is able to breath normally.

 

[suebee]

and was your bird not able to sneeze out the blockage??

reading this made my eyes water a bit, nut generally has a good sneeze when i get water up her nose during our baths so i probably have tried that 1st, but i'd take your bird to vets to rule out infection, just to be safe

 

[henpecked]

How is he breathing now, i have a couple of amazons on anti-biotics ,for respiratory infections now, started with lots of beak rubbing and progressed to sneezing and then labored breathing, under control now, all is good.

 

[MikeyTN]

Sometimes that does happen to certain birds. What you did to remove the blockage is what I used to do. Just keep an watchful eye to make sure nothing else is wrong!