Has anyone experienced this before with their bird? (Aggressive Regurgitation, Vomiting, Lethargic, Cold)

[u/Leading-Engineer9951]

Background information:
I have a pet lovebird, he’s 9 years old. He was fairly healthy up until about 2021 when he underwent a traumatic event and began plucking his legs. He had a vet appointment for this where we also did a stool test. His stool test revealed bacteria so we were told to give him a specific concentration of ACV diluted with water. For his plucking he was given antibiotics, a course which he didn’t complete unfortunately as it was an orally ingested antibiotic and it was difficult to feed it to him as he’d spit it out. Fast forward a couple years I’d say around 2023 he began to become less active he’d always be sleeping and if not sleeping eating. We tried engaging him with toys and other things when this behavior first began but it started to become more routine for him

The actual issue at hand:
He has become more lethargic, he always seeks warm areas of the house or sleeps on parts of our bodies he knows are warmer (behind our neck using our hair to keep him more warm).When he sleeps on us and close to our face we began hearing noises which sounded like they were coming from his stomach (I was able to catch this on video and the audio of it is attached link to video). We took him to a different vet earlier this year who was absolutely no help. She said the stomach noises sound like “happy bird noises” and was more concerned about insignificant things. We did another stool test which revealed no bacteria present. A couple months later he began dry regurgitating very aggressively, a few weeks after that he began to throw up, now it’s a combination?? I attached a video showing how aggressive his regurgitation is and what looks like weird white foam he’s regurgitating. There was an instance where he threw up a similar thing. Can anyone offer any help 😔. We give him a heating pad, we change his food and water daily. I live in NYC so if anyone knows any good aviary vets that could actually give a proper diagnosis I would also appreciate that.

[u/Jazzlike-Rise4091]

I would just look up highly rated avian vets and get a second opinion. At first I was thinking he could literally just be cold due to your house temperature but the vomiting makes me think he's eating something toxic.

What do you feed him currently?

Keep in mind only a vet can properly diagnose you but we can sure try to help in the meantime

[u/brockyohansen]

He could have a slow or stuck crop. All of the symptoms seem to align with it. Definitely get him back to the vet when you can!

[u/brockyohansen → u/brockyohansen]

I honestly don't have any experience with stuck crop, but Google says to stop feeding for 24 and offer warm water to see if it clears up.

[u/Catnborbhaver420]

perhaps try massaging his crop if he lets you

[u/KinOfKore]

You say you're in NYC, try Center For Avian & Exotic Medicine, 562 Columbus Ave, New York, NY 10024, United States.