Nosebleeds are very common in humans, while this condition is not so common in your birds it does happen sometimes.
This article is a look into why your bird is bleeding from its nose.
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Bird bleeding from nose:
Birds may seem quite strong and hardy but once the bird gets ill or injured the bird can start to decline quite rapidly.
Bleeding of any kind in your bird would alarm any bird owner and rightly so.
The nare, the bird version of a nose, should usually be clear and unobstructed. A bird bleeding from its nose is quite odd and irregular, this is why this may be happening:
Breathing dry air:
One of the simplest yet still common, reasons why your bird may be bleeding from its nose is that the bird is breathing in air that is too dry. This is common in homes where the air conditioning is often on.
What to do:
If you think that this is why your bird is starting to bleed from its nose then try using your air conditioner less often.
Also, try to increase the humidity in the room that your bird is in. You can increase the humidity in the room that your bird is in by using a humidifier. This will keep the air moist and keep the bleeding to a minimum.
Exposure to poison/toxins:
Exposure to toxins or poisons can cause your bird’s nose to start to bleed.
The symptoms of poisoning or exposure to toxins in birds include bleeding from the nose.
If someone poisoned your bird by spraying your bird with something, or gave them a dry pellet poison, like rat poison then your bird may start bleeding from the nose.
If your bird was exposed to regular household bird poisons, scented candles, cigarette smoke, non-stick pans, air fresheners, cleaning products, and even pesticides then your bird may start bleeding from its nose.
If any of the above happens to your bird the bird may quickly die if you don’t take the bird to the vet.
Injury:
An injury to the bird’s head can cause internal bleeding, and this blood may come out of the bird’s nose.
Injuries that birds sustain can include the bird hitting a window, hitting a ceiling fan, hitting a wall fan, or hitting anything else really.
Cancer in the sinus:
Cancer can affect not only humans, but it can also affect your pets, like your birds as well. Your bird’s cancer can affect any part of the bird’s body, including the sinus in the bird’s skull too.
If the cancer in the bird’s sinuses starts to bleed, then the blood may come out from the bird’s nose and this may be what you’re seeing.
What to do:
It’s important to remember to stay calm while your bird is bleeding from its nose.
The bird can sense when you are anxious or panicked and will feed off how you’re acting and will become panicked or anxious along with you.
If the bird starts to panic then the rate of blood flow will increase making the situation worse.
As seen from the above, many of the reasons behind a bird nose bleed are not good and can’t be diagnosed and treated by you if you are not a vet.
The recommended course of action would be to get the bird to a vet as soon as you can. Internal bleeding, bleeding coming from the bird’s nose can best be treated by the vet.
Taking the bird to an avian vet is recommended but taking the bird to a companion vet (a vet for cats and dogs) may also be helpful
If you think that your bird has been poisoned then you should give them lots of water and lots of water-rich foods until you can get the bird to the vet.
Taking the bird to the vet as soon as you can is also highly recommended as the bird may suffocate from its own blood in its nose or develop respiratory problems.
The vet will likely keep the bird in a high-oxygen environment and will get the bird on IV fluids. The vet will then physically examine the bird and run tests on the bird to figure out what the issue is.
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