TheGame
257 posts
Oct 22, 2008
12:56 PM
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Why do my birds have a funny smell to them?? After I handle them and etc... my hands smell terrible.
Is there anything to add to the bath water to help the birds from smelling??
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TheGame
258 posts
Oct 22, 2008
1:03 PM
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I guess the best way to describe it would be sour?? But its not coming from its mouth or anything seems like its feathers and body...
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jnyce
329 posts
Oct 22, 2008
1:16 PM
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i have never had this happen how often do u bathe your birds, acv works great in the bath water
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jerry t
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Steve_uk
1005 posts
Oct 22, 2008
1:21 PM
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Are there crops full of water?
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Darkside Dewlaps™
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silent187
195 posts
Oct 22, 2008
1:27 PM
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this happened to me once with only one bird but i noticed it stank cause it got scared.. so maybe thats why..
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TheGame
259 posts
Oct 22, 2008
1:28 PM
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No the birds are very healthy in my opinion. Perhaps its the stuff I sprayed on them to kill the lice? But its been awhile now so I figured the smell would be gone.
And I let them take a bath about once a week or so.
Last Edited by on Oct 22, 2008 1:28 PM
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kopetsa
1937 posts
Oct 22, 2008
1:53 PM
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How often do you clean the loft.. I have never had smelly birds.. lol
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Andrew C.
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sundance
836 posts
Oct 22, 2008
6:15 PM
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you can also use some epsom salt in the bath water. A teaspoon of plain clorine bleach in the bath water might work also.
I had a neighbor buy birds at a swap meet for her grand daughter for 4H. She brought them to me to check out and they also had a smell like death. I almost couldn`t wash it off my hands. I told her to use the bleach water and she said it worked, but I never went to see them again. I was skeered. I didnt want them anywhere near my loft...
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Butch @
Sundance Roller Lofts
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TT
59 posts
Oct 22, 2008
6:25 PM
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Im wondering if your smelling the pigeon dust,
I say that just because i have a parrot also, And they are a dusty bird, that have a distinctive smell,
No if its a horrid smell i would say it was from the pigeon poo, That smells sour.
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Tony.
Calgary, AB
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TheGame
263 posts
Oct 22, 2008
7:17 PM
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I sprayed them with something I bought at the Pigeon store made for our birds...forget what its called.
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Santandercol
3265 posts
Oct 22, 2008
8:46 PM
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Put ACV in their drinking water and their bath water and spray white vinegar in the loft/kitbox.Makes 'em smell sweet.
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Kel.
Rum-30 Lofts
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gabe454
1299 posts
Oct 22, 2008
8:47 PM
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Never heard of any funny smell to them like what?
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454
TRIPLE "G" LOFT
L.P.R.C
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PR_rollers
1796 posts
Oct 22, 2008
9:15 PM
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Me neither Gabe,the only smell I hear about is when I get next to my daughter to give her a hug ...Dad you smell like birds ...and I say I do well I'm a bird man what can i say I smell goodddddddddddddd....
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Ralph
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quickspin
865 posts
Oct 23, 2008
11:27 AM
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There might be something dead around the loft. They should not smell at all. Clean the loft very good and bleach the area. Bath the bird and put some epson salt in the water. Don't put anything for lice for 3 weeks after this. There should be no smell afther you this.
Show us some pictures of your loft inside and outside to see how it looks like.
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SALAS LOFT
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