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We have a quaker parrot with over inflated air sacs. What causes

 
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We have a quaker parrot with over inflated air sacs. What causes this and what can be done? Thank-you

 

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Type of Animal: quaker parrot
Age: 5 yrs
Name of Bird: Baby Bird

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Nothing, we just discovered it. Tried to find something in our book by Harrison & Harrison but there wasn't much on that subject.

Submitted: 350 days and 18 hours ago.
Category: Bird Veterinary
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Expert:  Doctor Dan replied350 days and 18 hours ago.

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Thank you for your question, I'm Dr. Dan and I'll try to help you.

Does he have a large airbubble under his skin near his shoulder?
Has this changed Baby Bird's behavior, appetite in any other way?
Does he bother the are at all?

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Customer replied350 days and 18 hours ago.

Yes,the air bubble is near his shoulder on both sides and his crop. Hasn,t changed his behavior or appetite and he is not bothering it

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Expert:  Doctor Dan replied350 days and 18 hours ago.

Thanks for the information.

Well there are dozens of causes of this problem and dozens of treatments for it unfortunately. Most of the time this is caused by an airsac infection (bacteria, or fungus) and it weakens the wall of the airsac causing the air to leak under the skin and cause this bubble. The second most common cause in my experience is... no identifiable cause. If there is no sign of illness either his outward activity and his white blood cell count is normal then often this has happened for an unidentifiable reasons. Some birds have been taken as far as surgery with a camera inside the airsac to see if there is a cause. Commonly none is found. In this case just time and no treatment will allow the airsac to go down on it's own. If he is bothering the area or can't move or eat because of it then it can have a surgical draining tract put in but this is for extreme circumstances. I would have him seen by a vet, a simple cbc blood test will tell us if we suspect infection or not. If not often it will heal on it's own over weeks to months. If there is a high white cell count then the infection needs to be identified as the infection itself can cause fatal pneumonia and the only sign would be this air pocket.

I hope this helps, best wishes.
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