Conure nose with water

[Brooklyn12]

So my conure has had this issue where his nose is sometimes leaking water. He loves to dunk his pellets into his water and sometimes even dunk his head to get the pellets. He’s done this since he was a baby, sometimes his nose leaks for a day and other days he’s perfectly fine. He’s 9 months now and I’ve had him for about 6 months.
I know what you’re thinking , could it actually be discharge or a respiratory issue, hes gone to the vet 3 different times for this, 1 for an emergency check in so you know I’ve taken this seriously lol. He’s seen 3 differnt vets and each time they tell me he’s a wonderful healthy bird, these doctors were all avian specialist , I made sure to check before hand. They told me his lungs were good and his heart was healthy and that his nose checked on the right boxes which is absolutely wonderful to hear it just leaves me wondering what can I possibly do now lol.
I feel bad watching him with water running out of his nose and sneezing and scratching to get it out. He still plays, he still is loud, he’s his normal self , I just don’t know what to do and if this is healthy for him in the long run which feels like it’s not. I’ve seen people suggest switching to the water bottle method. I just need ideas and advice if they’ve dealt with something similar , if anyone can help me out I’d appreciate it .

 

[Brooklyn12]

So my conure has had this issue where his nose is sometimes leaking water. He loves to dunk his pellets into his water and sometimes even dunk his head to get the pellets. He’s done this since he was a baby, sometimes his nose leaks for a day and other days he’s perfectly fine. He’s 9 months now and I’ve had him for about 6 months.
I know what you’re thinking , could it actually be discharge or a respiratory issue, hes gone to the vet 3 different times for this, 1 for an emergency check in so you know I’ve taken this seriously lol. He’s seen 3 differnt vets and each time they tell me he’s a wonderful healthy bird, these doctors were all avian specialist , I made sure to check before hand. They told me his lungs were good and his heart was healthy and that his nose checked on the right boxes which is absolutely wonderful to hear it just leaves me wondering what can I possibly do now lol.
I feel bad watching him with water running out of his nose and sneezing and scratching to get it out. He still plays, he still is loud, he’s his normal self , I just don’t know what to do and if this is healthy for him in the long run which feels like it’s not. I’ve seen people suggest switching to the water bottle method. I just need ideas and advice if they’ve dealt with something similar , if anyone can help me out I’d appreciate it .

he gets little stains like this from the constant water that comes out of his nose. It washes off once he takes a bath. Again this has happened before so it’s not new.

 

[Kitekeeper]

Hi,

Yeah, some of these little feathered pals have their own ideas of how to use water.

I have a pair of lovebirds that put everything they can into the water bowl.

It does not sound like a good idea to allow your conure to keep doing this. In the long run a respiratory infection is quite likely to happen.

Have you thought about using another kind of water feeder? Like this:

 

[Laurasea]

I have only had this happen after a bath or with a sick bird. And I have had multiple parrot spanning over 20 years.
Chronic sinus infection can be tricky to diagnose. I applaud you for seeking 3 opinions! Great job, trust yourself. Have they stabbed and culture the mouth and butt? Done gram stains? Blood work? A common infection is chlamydia, and it can be chronic low level. Another issue can be low vitamin A . If doesn't eat veggies and or some pellets this is a problem. Vitamin A plays an important role in respiratory health. Do not supplement by vitamin in water, that's easily way to cause issues. Instead feed dried chili pepper, or fresh red chili, or other peppers, leafy greens are a great source too, or cooked sweet potatoes, or squash

 

[Laurasea]

keep track of weight, use digital kitchen scale. A drop of 3% body weight is sick bird

 

[Brooklyn12]

Hi,

Yeah, some of these little feathered pals have their own ideas of how to use water.

I have a pair of lovebirds that put everything they can into the water bowl.

It does not sound like a good idea to allow your conure to keep doing this. In the long run a respiratory infection is quite likely to happen.

Have you thought about using another kind of water feeder? Like this:

If this continues I probably will try to use something of this sort. I’m trying to see if it could get a toy he has, a bird kabob he loves to chew up , I hadn’t put it in his cage in a long time until this week. He had been fine for a while with his nose until now so I’ll see if it’s that. If not I probably will try to get him to use this for his own safety.

 

[Brooklyn12]

I have only had this happen after a bath or with a sick bird. And I have had multiple parrot spanning over 20 years.
Chronic sinus infection can be tricky to diagnose. I applaud you for seeking 3 opinions! Great job, trust yourself. Have they stabbed and culture the mouth and butt? Done gram stains? Blood work? A common infection is chlamydia, and it can be chronic low level. Another issue can be low vitamin A . If doesn't eat veggies and or some pellets this is a problem. Vitamin A plays an important role in respiratory health. Do not supplement by vitamin in water, that's easily way to cause issues. Instead feed dried chili pepper, or fresh red chili, or other peppers, leafy greens are a great source too, or cooked sweet potatoes, or squash

He eats pellets and is starting to eat some veggies now , he’s not afraid of the veggies anymore haha. He likes sweet potatoes but as I said only recently started to eat them. I will continue to keep an eye on him. I hope that the cause of this is a toy that could be irritating his nostrils. This problem left And came back once I put the bird kabob in his cage. He loves to play with it but if it irritates his nose it’s a no go lol. I’ll see how he reacts now that I’ve removed it from his cage in the next couple days.