Soother Spray makes feather looks dry

[mutafo]

Hi all

My Cockatoo Triton itches much. what he does all the day is either palying or itching. I bought him Soother Spray from HealX. I really trust anything belongs to Harrison's Birds' Food. I sprayed him like 25 spray 2 times a day as I comprehended from the video that is linked in Harrison's website. Next day, I noticed that his wing feathers and upper feather are so dry and they are not smooth at all..

I spray him with distilled water three times a day, and it didnt help.

Anybody knows if i am doing it right or i'm doing somthing wrong?

Thank you

 

[Kalidasa]

From my understanding, distilled shouldn't be used with birds, internally or topically, as it leaches out important minerals and other necessary goodies internally and externally. Maybe go with less than what they're saying to use, but perhaps lay off the distilled.
What are the ingredients of this spray?

 

[mutafo]

dear Kalidasa

thank you for your answer

please find this link that has all the directions, ingredients and the benefits along with the video i mentioned.

Sootherspray

I give my Gapo High Potency Coarse Pellets that is filled with good minerals and vitamins and in Harrison's website it is not recommended that I give him extra internal supplements.

 

[Kalidasa]

dear Kalidasa

thank you for your answer

please find this link that has all the directions, ingredients and the benefits along with the video i mentioned.

Sootherspray

I give my Gapo High Potency Coarse Pellets that is filled with good minerals and vitamins and in Harrison's website it is not recommended that I give him extra internal supplements.

How long has he been on high potency?? I'm aware of that spray, and have have heard nothing but good things about it. But I would definately not spray him with pure distilled water in between, as distilled has a tendency to leach out the natural oils in the feathers. Just use regular, or filtered water. I've also found, with these sprays, that I've had a better result using the spray once, then regular bath the next time...alternating between to two to avoid buildup. Just my personal observation. I've never used that spray, but have used aloe water that I mixed up myself, and colloidal oatmeal, which seemed to be the most soothing and least residual. but the spray you're using is highly recommended by many vets.
Ps... He's not drinking distilled water is he?

 

[mutafo]

He has been on potency for three months now. He is totally fine with it.

I let him drink filtered water and add calcium drops to it.

The reason that I spray him with distilled water is because I live in an area that the taping water is hard and not soft. I never thought of spraying him with filtered water though. The other reason that encouraged me to spray him with distilled water is Soother spray contains distilled water and the other product form the company is called Rain that is pure distilled water with wet agent.

here is the link of Rain
Rain

I also read in lots of websites that distilled water is like rain water and it is the perfect to give bath to your parrot. I always give him bath with distilled water and Johnsons and Johnsons baby shampoo. he smells like babies

 

[Kalidasa]

He has been on potency for three months now. He is totally fine with it.

I let him drink filtered water and add calcium drops to it.

The reason that I spray him with distilled water is because I live in an area that the taping water is hard and not soft. I never thought of spraying him with filtered water though. The other reason that encouraged me to spray him with distilled water is Soother spray contains distilled water and the other product form the company is called Rain that is pure distilled water with wet agent.

here is the link of Rain
Rain

I also read in lots of websites that distilled water is like rain water and it is the perfect to give bath to your parrot. I always give him bath with distilled water and Johnsons and Johnsons baby shampoo. he smells like babies

There you go. Birds should never be shampooed, unless they get something nasty in their feathers, like crude oil. Any type of soap or shampoo is absolutely not good for birds' feathers and skin. Water should always be cool, and just plain water, alternating with your spray if the vet ok' s it. But shampoo dries out feathers and skin. Distilled water is not like rain water. Rain water contains atmospheric debris. Distilled is too pure alone. If it's in a spray, then it's obviously mixed with other agents, but shouldn't be used alone. The spray you mentioned contains aloe (lots of enzymes and minerals) and ammonia. It's not distilled alone. They used distilled to keep the product pure and keep it from degrading for as much as possible. Distilled should also not be given as a water source, as it will leach calcium and other essential minerals from the system.
I repeat, birds should never be shampooed. And warm/hot water will also strip the necessary oils from the birds' feathers and skin. The oil in a birds feathers is also the medium which is used for the bird to obtain vitamin D from the sun. No oils=no vit D, and poor, failing health is the result.

 

[Kiwibird]

I get where it may seem like a baby shampoo would be safe for your bird, but that is probably the cause of his itching and dry feathers. The difference between a baby and a parrot is a baby has such fine hair, the shampoo washes out completely. A parrots feathers are many layers thick and absorb the shampoo so it builds up over time, never fully washing off. A baby also doesnt preen and have the possibility of ingesting the shampoo. They are very sensitive, and as mentioned above, unless there is something really bad on their feathers, water is all you should use. I would try just regular drinking water (like bottled water) instead of distilled if the water in your area isn't safe. Stop using the parrot "conditioner" sprays too. Those products are superfluous and unnecessary. Parrots just really shouldn't have anything but water on their feathers.

It will take some time for the remainder of those products to wash out, and may even take a few molts for his feathers to go back to how they should be, so don't be concerned if he doesn't look normal again right away after discontinuing using these products.