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Conference 7.286::pet_birds

Title:Captive Breeding for Conservation--and FUN!
Notice:INTROS 6.X / FOR SALE 13.X / Buying a Bird 900.*
Moderator:VIDEO::PULSIFER
Created:Mon Oct 10 1988
Last Modified:Tue Jun 03 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:942
Total number of notes:6016

743.0. "Should I Name this bird STINKY?" by ASDG::BUCHANAN () Wed Oct 21 1992 11:10

    My SO just got a double yellowhead amazon. He is about 15 weeks old,
    was hand fed,very friendly, and can already say "hello" "hi" and "i
    love you". My problem is he stinks....He has a very medicinal smell
    around his beak even after showering him. I talked to the breeder
    and he says he sprays all his new birds with an disinfectant when he
    has so many birds at his house. My question about this bird is
    twofold:
    	1-Is it normal for this bird to have what looks like a hole at the
          back of his tongue?? Not the beak but a hole actually in the
          tongue.
    	2-Any ideas on what the smell might be and how to eliminate it?
    
    	Any help would be appreciated as i'm somewhat of a novice with
        birds....
    							Jimbo
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743.1Stinky - Good name!CSOA1::DIRRMANWed Oct 21 1992 15:344
    Has the amazon been checked by a Vet?? That really should be the first
    thing on the list of to-do's. We have a conure that "stinks" if he eats
    to many pastatio nuts! (smells like old socks). Other than that - I
    don't have a clue.
743.2Usually a symptomUTROP1::BOSMAN_PThu Oct 22 1992 06:137
    A smelly beak usually indicates that something is amiss:
    - infection in beak
    - illness
    - sour crop
    - digestion disturbance
    
    So indeed see a vet about this.
743.3Doctor Pepper??ASDG::BUCHANANTue Nov 03 1992 18:536
    This smell turned out to be an odor the bird picks up from eating so
    many peppers...he loves the little red cherry type peppers that are
    in his food..he prefers those over all other items. We never noticed
    this smell on our cockatoo because she hates the peppers..she prefers
    the sunflower seeds over anything else.
    						Jimbo
743.4BOOBOO::MCPARTLANTue Nov 03 1992 19:527
    
    Have you ever accidently kissed your bird after eating those peppers? 
    I've made the mistake a couple of times and didn't realize it until my
    lips started burning!  I wonder why they love them so much?  My Nanday
    (Bandit) loves them too!
    
    Donna