upper respitory tract shut ?

[pearse1888]

have a few birds and there roof of the mouth is shut .. i hear when its opened fully the birds are usually in good nick .. is this a bad sign when some are shut ?

[Guest bigda]

yes,  they  must be breathing through there  beaks  could be respiratory  or the bloom is not getting out no air flow

[Guest BRYANBROCK]

I was once told that when tract opened they where not in good nick and that when shut they where in top form and if you put the bird to you ear and listen to it breathing when shut it

should purr like a pussy cat if open and you hear crackly noise  i.e. birds stuggling to breathe this lad won most weeks and have been interested in this subject for a long time

can anyone give me more info  ????   :-/  :-/   :-/

 

Thanks Bryan

 

[Ian McKay]

I was once told that when tract opened they where not in good nick and that when shut they where in top form and if you put the bird to you ear and listen to it breathing when shut it

should purr like a pussy cat if open and you hear crackly noise  i.e. birds stuggling to breathe this lad won most weeks and have been interested in this subject for a long time

can anyone give me more info  ????   :-/  :-/   :-/

 

Thanks Bryan

 

Yes Bryan

 

Go on holiday as planned  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[Taylorsloft]

 

Yes Bryan

 

Go on holiday as planned  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

 

and keep your respiratory tract shut   :P 8)

[Guest BRYANBROCK]

 

Yes Bryan

 

Go on holiday as planned  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

 

Nae ready yet Ian         

[Guest BRYANBROCK]

 

and keep your respiratory tract shut   :P 8)

 

Now mr taylor dont go there you know what happens when you open your gob       

[Williedoo]

Is someone going to keep Bryan right as this will worry him all day now.

[Ian McKay]

Is someone going to keep Bryan right as this will worry him all day now.

 

Naw he's off to Glasgow :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/

[Williedoo]

 

Naw he's off to Glasgow :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/

Never knew he cleaned windows in Glasgow.

 

[Guest BRYANBROCK]

Never knew he cleaned windows in Glasgow.

 

There more money in glasgow to many misers in aberdeen wullie        

 

I WOULD LIKE TO WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR EVEN YOU WULLIE   ;D  ;D  ;D

 

CYA ALL LATER

BRYAN

[pigeonpete]

Lets keep to topic please :-) you included Mr Mckay  ;D ;D ;D

[Ian McKay]

Lets keep to topic please :-) you included Mr Mckay  ;D ;D ;D

 

Sorry

[Guest Jargre-]

have a few birds and there roof of the mouth is shut .. i hear when its opened fully the birds are usually in good nick .. is this a bad sign when some are shut ?

Its fine in cold weather as long as there is no gunk or red inflammation, slit in pallet can close to reduce chill of air going down into lungs.  Nothing to worry about.

 

 

[Guest IB]

I don't think that you can look at or think about this particular bit on its own. It is part of how the bird breathes, and excepting for injury, or illness, in my opinion it must be open all the time, at least to some degree, because when the bird's beak is closed the top part [choana] and bottom part [glottis?] meet to form an airtight seal. Any problem here and the bird would need to breathe through its open beak. A bird doing that is usually a sign that something is wrong.

 

The airflow [cold] comes in through the nostrils, into the sinuses behind the eyes [to warm the air] then down through the choana and glottis into the wind pipe, lungs and air sacs. Same happens in reverse, except its warm air from the air sacs that goes into the sinuses where moisture is condensed out of it to help conserve water lost from the lungs.

[Guest Jargre-]

I don't think that you can look at or think about this particular bit on its own. It is part of how the bird breathes, and excepting for injury, or illness, in my opinion it must be open all the time, at least to some degree, because when the bird's beak is closed the top part [choana] and bottom part [glottis?] meet to form an airtight seal. Any problem here and the bird would need to breathe through its open beak. A bird doing that is usually a sign that something is wrong.

 

The airflow [cold] comes in through the nostrils, into the sinuses behind the eyes [to warm the air] then down through the choana and glottis into the wind pipe, lungs and air sacs. Same happens in reverse, except its warm air from the air sacs that goes into the sinuses where moisture is condensed out of it to help conserve water lost from the lungs.

Sorry to disagree here IB and this is after just having a chat with a vet because I ain't one.  She reckoned that the cold can do this to a bird and its perfectly fine as long as there's no infection.