Beaker smells bad

[BeakersBro]

Hello, I was eating sardines the other day, and Beaker jumped right on the plate and splashed sardine oil all over his belly.

Well I rinsed him off in the bath tub, but it's been almost a week and I still smell it. The smell is not getting less and less. It's the same strength every time I smell him.

Is there any shampoo or something that I can use on him?

 

[chippy]

try bathing him with tomato juice...it's used for skunk odor, so might work. Any actual shampoos I have ever seen have been for dogs and cats, so don't know how safe they would be for birds.

 

[weco]

They use Dawn dishwashing liquid to clean oil from wild birds, but you have to rinse a bird really well or any residue will cause it to itch...you don't want to use any shampoo because it will dry out a bird's skin & may have ingredients harmful to your feathered friend.....

Good luck.....

 

[BeakersBro]

Ok thanks. I'll try both

 

[BoomBoom]

This happened to Boomer once when he was learning to fly. He landed in the middle of a bowl of sisig (this is minced pork fried in a generous amount of garlic, onions and vinegar among other things).

Needless to say, he smelled like sisig even after 2 showers. The smell went away on the 3rd or 4th day. No need to use anything else, just water. I promise you that the smell will go away and he will again smell like the lovely parrot that he is!

 

[SandyBee]

Weco is right you can use Dawn on birds if the smell is driving you nuts, otherwise just water and time.

 

[chippy]

Boomboom, Fishy odours tend to NOT go away...I know because I had a dog many years ago who loved to roll in anything fishy, and if anything, the smell gets worse with time! :26:

 

[BeakersBro]

Yeah the fishy odor was really bad. But I chose to just do water. It took like 6 showers but it's finally gone! Thanks for your tips though!!!