still baffled by my sneezing baby ringneck...

[ernietheringneck]

i’ve already posted a number of threads in regards to this same problem, but i continue to be dumbfounded that after two weeks, two vet trips, and countless hours of research, my now 7 week old irn literally will not stop sneezing, and i’ve tried just about everything to find out why. his avian vet said he seems to be very healthy after both of my visits, and she recommended a humidifier and air purifier, which i’ve already had running in my room. i’m so confused, he seems to be in perfect health beside the sneezing literally every 20 minutes or so (though he’ll sometimes go a number of hours before i hear another sneeze). i’m at a loss for what to do, because i’ve already spent about $300 on vet bills trying to figure out the problem. i guess i’m extra anxious about it since my gcc passed away due to a respiratory infection a few months ago, so the thought of something being left unchecked terrifies me. i feel like since it’s so frequent, something has to be up, but i really don’t know what i can do since my vet is sure he’s healthy.

 

[Owlet]

Has the vet done any tests or just a physical exam?

 

[ernietheringneck]

she did a test for chlamydia and that came back negative, and she’d put him on azithromycin for ten days the first time i took him because although she said he checked out on the physical exam, she wanted to make sure he didn’t have an infection. he finished the antibiotic, but he was still sneezing so i took him back in to see if anything had developed further enough that she’d be able to tell if something was wrong, and she said he still looked completely healthy and didn’t do any further testing.

 

[ernietheringneck]

quick update if anyone sees this; he started acting way more tired than he’s usually been, i thought i’d seen him wheezing a bit, and he refused his last couple feedings so i rushed him back into the vet (this time a new avian vet at a different branch of the clinic, to get a second opinion) and she said he seemed f i n e. she said his physical exam showed all normal signs of a healthy baby and she swabbed the roof of his mouth and said there was no excess bacteria at all. of course right after i’d spent another $200 on the little guy thinking he was near death, he went back to his usual behavior. funny how that seems to work haha. his sneezing hasn’t stopped still, but both the vets’ best guess is an allergy of some sort since it’s so frequent, so i’m hoping if i start taking out some of his different foods i can pinpoint the problem one, if that’s what it happens to be. i’ve had a sun conure and a gcc before and they’ve both given a good number of scares, but i think baby ernie takes the cake.