1. Reasons why parrots have great body odor
If you feel The body odor of the parrot is very heavy, and the odor emitted by the parrot is unpleasant, which means that it is not healthy, and it may be caused by bad breath. Bad breath in parrots may be caused by drinking water or food contaminated with bird droppings, or by inflammation of the digestive organs. Parrot body odor can eliminate body odor, because parrots do not have sweat glands, so they do not have sweat odor, and parrots, like other birds, their feathers are usually very dry most of the time, and parrots spend a lot of time every day in On cleaning the feathers, because keeping the feathers clean is the guarantee for their normal flight, the parrot body odor is not likely to be body odor, but more likely to be bad breath.
Second, the cause of bad breath in parrots
In general, bad breath in parrots is mostly due to their poor diet. Hygiene leads to inflammation of the crop and stomach, further indigestion, ammonia production, and bad breath. If the parrot usually drinks a little more water, the mucus secreted by its oral cavity will also be very smelly, and even the gas exhaled from their nose and mouth is also smelly.
In addition, because parrots usually use their mouths and tongues to clean their feathers, the stinky mucus in their mouths can also stain their feathers. At this time, it is time to bathe the parrot for cleaning and deodorization. However, even if the odor on the parrot’s feathers is subtracted at this time, the bad breath problem will still cause its feathers to become smelly, so it is necessary to solve the root cause of the parrot’s odor.
Three, what to do with parrot halitosis
For parrot halitosis, no It is recommended to use drug treatment for parrots, you can feed it digestible food for conditioning, and pay attention to changing the drinking water in the morning and evening, clean the bird cage frequently, and give it a good and clean breeding environment.
In general, it is through a reasonable diet to promote the parrot to recover its health. A balanced diet is the guarantee of the parrot’s health. For this, the owner should pay attention to supplementing sufficient nutrients, in addition to the usual grains, In addition to peanuts, sunflower seeds and other grains, it needs to be fed an appropriate amount of fruits and vegetables.
Feeding organic vegetables and fruits to parrots can supplement them with trace elements such as vitamins and amino acids and improve immunity. But
I believe that after reading our above analysis, you also understand the reason for the large body odor of parrots. If you find that the parrot has a lot of body odor, you might as well adjust the parrot’s diet reasonably. After 1-2 months of conditioning, the parrot’s bad breath will gradually disappear, and the body odor will disappear.
