Can over-exertion cause vomiting in parrots?

[kythe42]

I'm wondering if over-exertion can cause vomiting in parrots? My conure's wings have been growing out and I haven't gotten around to trimming them yet. I had her out of the cage today and something startled her so she flew around the room. After she landed I picked her up and tried to calm her down. She shook her head from side to side and what looked like small bits of vomit flew out of her beak. Then as I was taking her back to her cage, she got frightened again and flew around for a second time. Again I picked her up and tried to relax her and continued walking back to her cage.  A second time she shook her head and some vomit flew out. When I got her back to her cage I set her down on her perch and she proceeded to regurgitate quite a bit into her food dish.

Now I know that birds can regurgitate at will when they feeding babies or feel like feeding a mate, and I have witnessed this before. However this regurgitation seemed like it happened too fast and a bit too violently for it to have been voluntary. My theory is that since she's not used to flying around that much, that the over-exertion made her sick to her stomach since this sort of thing can happen with people, but I just wanted to hear from a vet whether or not such a thing can happen with birds.

I did call my vet to ask but he was out of the office and I had to leave a message. I don't think this is an emergency since she seems ok now, but I will keep an eye on her and contact another vet if need be.

[ireneo]

I've had birds vomit before - a dove that had been hit by a car, herons and Osprey will vomit up a force feeding, all due to stress. Certainly if your bird continues to vomit after trying to eat, then have her checked for any plaque in the mouth and throat or a blockage some place further down. Most likely it was just from the excitement.

[kythe42]

Well never mind I guess. My vet got back to me and told me that it was nothing to worry about. He said that it can happen sometimes with conures when they get stressed out and to just make sure that she isn't vomiting when she's at rest. So sorry to waste your time with this question, but who knows, maybe the info will be helpful to someone else.