Anyone know what this means??

[josiesmom]

Normally, Josie has a really sweet cookie-like smell, but today when she got her shower, she had a really weird musky smell. Even now, hours later I still smell it. She has always smelled really sweet after her shower...almost like her sweetness gets stronger afterwards because she is happy.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Thanks.

[Debra]

What has she been eating? I know that when my ekkie eats garlic she tends to smell like it.

[Pinkbirdy]

I notice my birds scents change sometimes when their more engaged or excited.

[spiritbird]

Very interesting question. My TAG would also smell when she ate any garlic. Bad Breath Birds. Are you sure it is her feathers/body or breath?

[josiesmom]

She hasn't been eating anything different...just pellets, bird bread, a mash and mixed nuts. It was definitely more of a body odor and not bad breath. Ben smells it too and she would never let him close enough to smell her breath. We are baffled.

[coltfire]

Could she be coming into season as my eckies have a real bad smell just before they breed

[PlaxMacaws]

Did she by chance get more soaked than usual? The wetter their feathers become, the more intense the 'feather aroma' typically becomes. Macaws tend to smell sweet-ish... but wet feathers tend to smell like wet feathers. The part that isn't consistent with this possibility, though, is that you indicate you're still able to smell the mystery aroma long after she has dried out. And the other mystery is why didn't you smell this aroma before her shower, considering that you're now smelling it after she's been dry for a while?

[Mare]

If my cockatoos get more wet than a sprinkling of a bath, like Tony suggested, they are much more odiferous than normal. It always makes me think that they need a good scrubbing but, of course, this won't happen. Mine do go back to normal after they dry, I can only guess that other species would also?

[kendrafitz]

I was wondering if it had been longer than normal between shower? Rosie gets a musty smell if we go longer than normal. It takes a few showers to get her smelling neutral. But maybe we are just showering her natural smell away normally. ;)

I always hear that B&Gs have a sweet smell. I wish my Rosie did, that must be awesome.

[Turquoise]

Hmmm, I'm not sure what would cause the smell to linger either. Mine don't continue to smell that way after a good shower. They do have the funky odor of wet feathers til they dry, but then go back to the non smell or slight smell depending on how well they got soaked. I don't think it would be due to breeding as Steve was wondering as Josie is not mature yet, right? Wished I could help more, hope she goes back to smelling sweet again soon. :)

[josiesmom]

Today she didn't smell at all...good or bad. She is about 3 1/2 years old, I guess not mature yet. It was a little longer between showers due to the cold here and I didn't want her to get a draft. She was also quite soaked as it seemed she really wanted the shower and didn't want to get out. So maybe she was just really dirty and soaked. In any case, she is quite happy today and put on quite a show for our Sunday dinner. Thanks for all the ideas.

[ShellyBorg]

This does not sound like the case but if a parrot starts to smell "off" its always a good idea to think about a vet visit if its lasts more than a couple days. Yeast infections and some bacterial infections can cause a odor. Poop that gets really smelly (not just the morning poop) can also indicate a infection.

[spiritbird]

Only other thing I can think of is some type of open wound you do not know about. They can be difficult to find under all of those feathers. Shelly your idea is a good one about a vet visit.