cockatiel crackling. is it normal.

[cockatiel92]

usually in the morning when i go to feed petrie he makes this crackling almost sounds like rice crispies when u addmilk but not so intence. once he eats or drinks it stops is this normal. it is not beak grinding i wawtch and he wasnt doin it. hes not sick he eats normal his droppings are normal and hes rlly active.

[Lisa B]

so its when he is breathing? if so, nope, not normal.
is there tail bobbing or any distress, as in open beak breathing?

[guest1717171]

boogie can make these snapping noises with her beak and you cant see her beak move
i thought i was going crazy the first few times i heard it but it is definitely her beak

it sounds just like really loud rice krispies
she does it when she is happy...and when she is falling asleep

[cockatiel92]

when he does it his beak is closed and hes perfectly fine. its only early in the morning i thought maybe it coul be that he was hungry since he hasnt eatin all night. but after eating it goes away.

[NaniOokami]

I've had quite a lot of noise scares with Trinkets, too - but most of them are his versions of mimicking things. If he looks distressed or with tail-bobbing and with his breathing, I'd be concerned, but it's probably just a contented "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah it's morning" type noise.

[cockatiel92]

hmm ill have to do it tom with the lights out and no noise to c if he does it then trn the light on and see.