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My parakeet is sick: not eating, eyes closed. What's the treatment?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Bird | Parakeet | Male

Im having alexander parakeet and its 2yrs old and from today moring its not having food and its staying away from its cage to a dark place and its eyes are closed wats the treatment for it

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Answered By Jessica Desrosiers

Veterinary Technician

Published on February 23rd, 2019

Unfortunately, those are all very general signs of illness so it would be best to bring Bujji to a local vet to try and narrow down what is causing his symptoms so he can be treated. Illness, infections, parasites, stress, nutritional issues, etc can all cause these general symptoms. Until you can get to the vet, keeping him in a low-stress warm hospital cage with easy access to food and water may help, as well as keeping him separated from other birds to avoid being picked on.

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