Sick Baby Budgie

[bjurczuk92]

Hello, my new budgie Sol is sick. He’s 9 weeks old and we just got him last week. On Sunday night he started having rapid sneezing fits that last about 5 seconds at a time followed by what sounds like faint chirping or wheezing.. We gave him some water with a syringe and that helped him for the night. Yesterday we brought him to the vet who took blood work that will take a week to come back, but diagnosed him with a respiratory condition based on his tail bobbing, and gave us two medicines to give him twice daily; itrafungal and enrofloxacin. Last night he had another sneezing fit at bed time so we gave him some more water and that seemed to help again. Besides the sneezing at night time and occasional wheezing, he seems pretty good, eating his food, chirping, sleeping on one foot, playing with his toys. But still I am worried and wondering what else we can do to help him so it doesn’t get worse. We’ve also been bringing him in the steamy bathroom for 15 minutes at a time, which really perks him up. Can young Budgies with these types of symptoms recover when treated right away?Any advice about how else we can help him would be greatly appreciated.

[Hezz]

Check that nothing in his environment is dusty, particularly his seed. Keep his cage as clean and free of dander as possible. Is he in air conditioning or central heating? (Think I asked this question before). If so, both of these wil dry out the air of the room so a humidifier or water bowls (shallow) around the room can help improve the humidity.

[bjurczuk92]

There is central heat with warm air registers, I will try the humidifier, we have one but I wasn’t sure if they’re good for birds or not , thanks for the advice .

[bjurczuk92]

Update: Sol made it through the night without sneezing last night, he seems to be improving. We put in the humidifier today and put probiotics in his food.