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My parakeet is barely moving, weak, cold, and can't stand. What do I do?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Bird | Unknown - Bird | Male | unneutered | 1lb

Parakeet is barely moving and won't even stand up on his own, seems extremely weak and is cold. What do I do?

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Answered By David Elbeze, DVM, MRCVS

Veterinarian

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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