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Is my female budgie sick if she's breathing heavily and less active?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Bird | Unknown - Bird | Female | unspayed | 1 year and 4 months old

My female budgie breath heavely and is less active than usual. That means she is sick?

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Answered By David Elbeze, DVM, MRCVS

Veterinarian

Published on February 9th, 2018

Vanilla is probably ill, but i couldn't tell you what is wrong based on these very general symptoms, you will need to take her to an avian vet 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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