Hyacinth macaw smell

[Karen]

the "macaw" smell I'm referring to in this thread.

Which is best smell I have ever smelled!! It's so hard to explain but whatever it is I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it!!

Kita went to the vet today and was especially wonderful smelling the entire trip and while waiting for the vet.

Interesting, only Kita has 'the smell', Kady doesn't. Kady has a plugged Uropygial gland. Can't help but wonder if that has anything to do with the lack of smell.

 

[Macawnutz]

Which is best smell I have ever smelled!! It's so hard to explain but whatever it is I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it!!

Kita went to the vet today and was especially wonderful smelling the entire trip and while waiting for the vet.

Interesting, only Kita has 'the smell', Kady doesn't. Kady has a plugged Uropygial gland. Can't help but wonder if that has anything to do with the lack of smell.

The BG smell makes all the wrong in the world right for for that very moment. When I am terribly stressed the quote "take a breath" actually works if I have my face buried in a BG.

Sam puts off a very odd smell when around Joe. It's rather stinky and he complains about it every evening.

 

[Hankmacaw]

Stands to reason - Sambuca is a stink-pot.

 

[Macaw Lover]

Sam is only giving off his 'come hither' scent for Joe.

 

[orni'morphosis]

What about you macaw lover? What's your experience with Hyacinth macaw smells in terms of my questions?

 

[Bokkapooh]

I didnt pause to think that a macaw could have a different smell when afraid, going to the vet, etc. What are you all gifted with, hound noses? Mera only has one smell. Unless she is very very stressed out (toweled and having a blood draw for example) and then she almost gets a sour smell. I assume thats from her poop? But any other time, she smells like a fruit-tang smell.

Her strongest aromatic scents can be smelled right after a bath or in the sun. OH MAN. Birds smell strongly when in the sun, but Mera can "stink" up an entire room with her scent when she has been sitting in the window.

 

[orni'morphosis]

Please could you describe this macaw smell in Hyacinth macaws and whether it's stronger in the breeding season?

 

[Macawnutz]

"I'm hormonal right now and don't smell" -Cha Cha


"I'm also hormonal right now and don't smell either" -Tiko

 

[orni'morphosis]

Thanks. Someone described a general macaw smell that hys have, what is that like?

 

[Macawnutz]

For my birds, the general macaw smell is different for all of them. My hys do not have it.

My bg's have a tangy fruit smell, all my BG and bg hybrids smell this way. When going to the vet it's almost a chemical smell to me, it's when they are stressed.

My scarlet has a sour kind of smell, like a gym sock at times. Lol My GW and Military have a musty type odor. Even though they are all different it's a similar macaw smell with all of them.

 

[melissasparrots]

I'm not sure it's possible to know what something smells like via the Internet. Maybe try to find a pet store that has some macaws and go take a sniff. A hyacinth will be a much less intense version of that. My macaw doesn't smell any different when hormonal.

 

[orni'morphosis]

Okay. Thanks everyone for your contributions.