Does your cockatiel have a smell?

[Sparky04]

Sparky smells bad. It's always been that way since I got her. I can understand why she'd smell when I first got her, her feathers and cage were filthy, but she still smells bad more then 5 years later! (though not as bad as she did when I got her) She gets a LOT of baths too. So do your cockatiels smell bad?

 

[Amberry]

My two have a smell, but I LOVE it and would never say it was bad. They smell like... Feather dust and pellets most of the time... It's hard to describe actually!?Have you ever seen a vet about the smell? It's hard to imagine them smelling 'bad'.

 

[Anne & Gang]

ours all smell like feather dust and fluff...not a bad smell..has your birdie beento the vet lately?

 

[Chicobo]

I think CC smells bad, personally LOL. Especially when she's wet, she smells sort of like wet musty dog, which is totally weird! I think it's just the smell of her feather dust or the preen oil, not sure which. I'm sure this smell wouldn't bother everybody, but I don't like the scent of wet fur, so I guess wet feathers isn't much better

 

[suileeka]

I don't notice much scent at all to any of my tiels. Powder down and seed hulls, maybe!

 

[penguin]

I do think mine smell like wet dog after a bath. I love the way they smell when they are dry. I think it's like zons- you either like the smell or you don't

 

[unicornlady7]

I love the way my tiels smell! Even when they are wet! Now, my GCC on the other hand...he stinks when wet, but good when dry

 

[Jally]

Hmmm...I think Evie smells like popcorn! LOL

 

[carkam]

I love the way my tiels smell! Even when they are wet! Now, my GCC on the other hand...he stinks when wet, but good when dry

My GCC does too!!!

 

[blewin]

Buddy smells like feathers, except after his bath, when he smells like hibiscus (didn't realize that the spray had a natural, yet "girly" scent).

 

[CodyKip]

I love the smell of my tiels!

 

[Monica]

Hmmm...I think Evie smells like popcorn! LOL

I second that! Well, two of my tiels used to smell like popcorn! Or that's what the smell reminded me of! They no longer do, which makes me kind of sad.... but I still love their feathery dusty smell!

 

[Suchabetty]

how old is sparky? Anyone remember what the grandparents smelled like? maybe its just old bird smell jk...seriously now my betty smells perfect but it may be an aquired smell like some of the tiel parronts have said. Maybe get him chked out by a vet...hope all is good

 

[crystaljam]

Stryder dones't smell bad...he has a bit of a nice dusty smell when I bury my head into his (our morning & night ritual) - I *heart* him.

But he doens't smell like fruit like a Macaw or Amazon - I miss those smells!

 

[Quadriplegic]

My bird also stinks like bird and I can't get rid of it. haha

 

[Budgiebonkers]

My tiels smell like a big fluff Ball of dander.

 

[Crackaleen]

Ok, y'all are going to think I'm crazy, but I love the way my birds smell, especially my tiel Buddy. There's something comforting about it and fortunately he loves snuggling against my nose. When I still lived with my parents, my dad woud see us sitting like that and he'd joke "You're sniffing that bird like he's a drug or something." I've actually jokingly listed bird-sniffing as a hobby on online profiles before and everyone is always . I agree though, wet birds don't smell too nice.

 

[Renae]

I had to go sniff them..

They smell dusty. But they DO get baths, honestly.

 

[Dana Lee]

Sydney smells like corn chips lol except when she is laying eggs then she smells very sweet like a honey-like scent