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Health concern for our "Cocoa"

Hi,
We have a two year old cockatiel male bird, who just yesterday stopped eating and drinking water.  He also
started sleeping the whole day, his eyes are droopy but when I hold him, he looks normal and whistles normal, he is just a bit weaker on his grip and when he tries to fly, he is ok for a bit then loses his strength and dives, luckily we have carpet.  I tried to force him to eat, he won't.  I was able to put drops of water on his beak.  Also, is this a health concern for my toddlers?  
Thank you for your time and help/
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234713 tn?1283526659
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It could be almost anything from parasites to kidney disease.  You can begin by bringing a fresh stool (droppings) sample to your vet and have a fecal and giardia test performed.

If these are negative it would be best to have your bird examined and have diagnostics performed.  Birds can get many of the same problems that humans get such as diabetes, other endocrine disorders, kidney disease, infections, cancer, etc.

It is very difficult to tell if your bird has anything that can infect your children, without knowing what is definitively wrong.  Some diseases, such as giardia can be transmitted to your children if they ingest some of the birds droppings, (if your bird has giardia).  Aspergillosis (a fungal infection) is contagious to humans, but usually only if the human is immunosuppressed.  
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172023 tn?1334672284
I don't know a thing about birds, but I would hazard a guess that your bird urgently needs to see a veterinarian experienced with birds if this continues for another day.
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