My parakeet died suddenly overnight. What caused it? Was it cold?

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I found my 9 year male parakeet had died overnight, In the middle of the night, I thought I heard him squeal out. I woke up but when I listened more, I did not hear anything so I fell back asleep. Only slightly unusual behavior was 2 days ago he flapped his wings for a much longer time than usual. Also, 2-3 days ago he was talking very loud for 10 minutes straight. This seemed a little unusual. Other than that he seemed fine. It has been very cold, but I cover him up at night. Any causes? Pet's info: Bird | Unknown - Bird | Male

Dr Stafford, BVetMed, MRCVS · Accepted Answer

I'm sorry to hear this. Unfortunately birds are very sensitive to the cold so if temperatures have fallen significantly this could have caused him stress despite being covered. The most common reasons for sudden death in birds would be respiratory conditions or bad infections in the gut. It will be hard to know at this point what caused the death.

My parakeet died suddenly overnight. What caused it? Was it cold?

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