My parakeet was bitten in a fight, now sick and not eating. Vet?
Updated On September 23rd, 2025
Pet's info: Bird | Unknown - Bird | Male | unneutered | 8 years and 5 months old
my parakeet got in a fight with another one got bit on back of neck and r wing now he is sickcrawls around cage eats very little
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Published on October 30th, 2016
It sounds like he needs to be seen by a vet for treatment. The bite may have injured his neck/wing and/or he may have an infection secondary to the bite. A vet can take an xray to see if anything is fractured and prescribe an antibiotic, if needed to treat an infection. The fact that he is crawling around the cage and not eating is very concerning so please have a vet take a look at him as soon as possible. Also, keep him separated from the other bird so this doesn't happen again.
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Published on September 28th, 2019
My goodness, poor guy. So sorry to hear this happened. That looks really painful. I cannot give you any information about his chances of surviving. You would need to get him examined by a vet in person to get any information like that. We cannot tell much just by looking at a photo. It is good that he is eating and drinking and you are doing the correct thing my giving him soft foods but milk is not a good idea; they don't need it and most parakeets are actually lactose intolerant. Softening bird pellets and feeding soft human foods is OK . You can also use a critical care diet like the one in the link below. I assume you also separated the birds?? If not, you need to do that. My best recommendation is to have him evaluated by a vet to get an idea of prognosis and to get him some pain medications. ( https://lafeber.com/vet/lafeber-products/emeraid-omnivore-2k/ )
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Published on October 18th, 2017
Tommy is extremely ill, but i couldn't tell you what is wrong based on these very general symptoms, you will need to take him to an avian vet urgently where a blood test and faecal exam will be done to determine what is the cause of the disease before it can be treated.
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