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Why is my African Grey parrot sick, inactive, and has mouth mucus?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Bird | African Grey | Female

Hi,I have a sick African Grey parrot, it's not active at all whistles once which is not normal.some sticky mucus comes from her mouth,we took her to a vet,she was given injections and was prescribed some medicine. What could be the main problem?

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Answered By David Elbeze, DVM, MRCVS

Veterinarian

Published on December 14th, 2018

Rani is probably very 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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