Emblema - Can anyone determine cause of death?

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Shane Gowland
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Hi,

I found an emblema dead today. Looked perfectly healthy until yesterday, when I noticed it had a dirty beak. It looked like there were seed husks stuck to it, but otherwise everything was normal.

On closer inspection today, the "dirty beak" looks far more sinister than I first thought. Can anyone tell what it is and what I should be doing about it? No other birds seem affected, thankfully.
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Craig52
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Hi Shane,to me that bird looks like it is eating then vomiting/regurgitating. I have found that finches that just sit in a seed dish,especially sprouted seed/livefood and just gormandise themselves have worms,tape worms in particular.This may not be the problem with your bird but i would get a vet to do a postmortem. Craig
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