Cordons "wheezing"

[Jayburd]

hi all....
Does anyone know why a cordon would fluff itself up and open it's mouth, and sort of make noises like it's pushing air out through it's beak? they are both doing this, and I'm really worried.... air sack mite would have affected the other birds by now, and I'm thinking aspergillosis or some other lung thingo? but they seem to be almost communicating.
It would be absolutely awful to lose them.
thanks,
Jay

[jusdeb]

Can you bring them inside to a warm spot ..... the weather is all over the place the last few days , is it any wonder birds are crook .
Hope they are OK Jay .

[Jayburd]

I will try and get them in the house.... but the only place they can really go is the sunroom, and that's cold at night too... but not quite as bad I suppose.

[SamDavis]

I agree with Deb. You need to get them some warmth quickly. If you haven't caught them already, I'd grab them first thing in the morning and get them into a hospital cage of some sort.

[Mel7610]

I had chickens that used too that (yes i know i bit of a diff!!) some sort of cold! I would bring them insids as last post said sunroom would be perfect maybe cold but no draghts put a blanket over cage.I used to give my chickens extra dose of garlic and they'd come good not sure it's safe for finches (ooh got to look that one up!!)but have heard some people give cod liver oil in winter months to give that extra boost to fight off these sorts of thing.Hope they're ok.

[Misso]

with my gouldians jayburd, some would have airsac mite and some wouldn't, so don't rule that out just because other birds are not showing those symptoms. best of luck with them.

[Jayburd]

thanks everyone
They are still at it. Twas a beautiful warm day (18 or 19C) and so sunny in the aviary, so I didn't bring them in. Probably did them more good to be outside.
But I will need to get on to isolating them. Will see about getting a cage up and running for them by tonight.
Should I be treating them with something, if so what, or just observing for now?

[natamambo]

I'd be dosing the lot with moxydectin plus, get rid of the mite and give them a worm at the same time. If it's not mite and you don't overdose you won't do them any harm. ASM can spread at different rates through different species.

[Jayburd]

Thanks! will try and get some very soon

[Nathan Morleyy]

Jayburd,
It sounds very much like air sack mites.

Thanks Nathan