jdr Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 Do you use aloe for every spray bath,or just if there is a problem? Also all I could find is 99.8% is this ok? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 If you are talking about the aloe vera juice yes I use it for every bath and yes what I have is the 99.8% so it is all the same. It leaves the feathers softer I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdr Posted March 13, 2008 Author Share Posted March 13, 2008 Yes aloe vera juice.Do you think it would be ok to use it on my macaw.Thanks for answering my dumb questions.You and several others on here have been a big help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 No question is dumb, and you can't get an answer if you don't ask and I don't mind helping:P It would be fine to use on your macaw or any bird for that matter, it is safe and soothing for their skin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMustee Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 I tell everyone to use the Aloe Juice. If you already spray your bird why not. Elmo doesn't have any issues with dry skin or plucking, but after an Aloe bath he smells nice...it gets rid of the "dirty bird" smell much better then water. There are sprays they sell in the store, but I always tell people to go to Walmart and buy the gallon of Aloe for half the price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlene Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Does this aloe spray ger sprayed on just like that or is it watered down? Whatcha mean "dirty bird" smell - thats the smell of my baby already...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toni Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 what section of Walmart is it in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toni Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 what section of Walmart is it in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toni Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 sorry for DBL post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMustee Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 It's in the Pharmacy department...with the constipation stuff. LOL! The "dirty bird" smell I notice on Elmo is just a noticable bird smell...not really musty, but like a stale smell. I could only smell it when he is right under my nose but after a bath you don't smell it anymore. When he was a baby he always smelled like the formula. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlene Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 I'm pulling your leg re the "dirty bird" smell. The only smell I know on Gus is a bird smell. Besides the smell of formula (as you said) when he was tiny "birdy" smell is all I know - but then all our birds have the same birdy smell. Please tell me if this aloe stuff is watered down at all. Ta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Marlene use it straight from the bottle, not watered down at all, it is perfectly safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMustee Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Yeah, don't water it down...works much better strait from the bottle. Now, aloe gel should not be used at all. Most of the time there are weird additives in the bottles gels. I have aloe plants growing in big pots on my porch I use for birdy booboos...nothing but natural aloe in the plant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Oh, do you have birdy booboos Berna, is this on the bird or on you?:laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevjoe Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 I use it after ever 3 showers. I find they smell better when using it that way. Each person has their own way of doing things, and this is mine. Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danmcq Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 LOL Judy - Birdy Boo-Boos - Ouch I got a black eye when my Grey flew into it Sounds better than the old Door knob story Aloe is wonderful stuff isn't it? I know when I spray Dayo down, I can actually see the "Dust" roll off at first, the stuff works great!! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Hey, Berna was the one to bring that up but I assume she meant if one of her birds got a booboo she could put aloe straight from the plant on it for it is safe, but glad you liked the phrase, does sound better than the old door knob story!!:laugh: I know that once they dry off after being sprayed they are softer and smell good, you know not that "dirty bird" smell:P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMustee Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 :laugh: Yes, when Elmo gets a Boo-Boo. When he was a baby he bobbed on one of his toys trying to get food out of it and got a bump next to his beak. I rubbed the aloe on it and it healed right up. I got one worse than ALL of you...any of you remember the bird claw under the eyelid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Did you get a bird claw under your eyelid, I don't think I remember that but then I am famous for having senior moments, when you get to my age I can blame it on that:laugh: so refresh my memory Berna!!:whistle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danmcq Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 OUCH - Yep, I remember that one Berna!!:pinch: :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMustee Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 I was watching TV in bed with my Grey and the both of us fell asleep...me on my side and the grey on my head. I'm not sure what happened...if I moved or the grey did...but somehow he fell off my head, slid down my face and was grabbing for anything that he could get his foot around to catch himself. Well guess what he grabbed? My top eyelid of my right eye. I'm not sure how I managed it but I was able to roll with him as he latched on and had him on his back with my face over him. It was a good 30-40 seconds before I was able to calm him and remove his toe from inside my eye without more damage. I'm pretty sure there isn't much more than a scrach on the inside of my eyelid and it should be better in a few days but I am worried about infection so I asked a girl working at the eye doctors inside the WalMart what I should be watching out for. Needless to say I got the "what the ____" look from everyone that could hear me and the girl I was asking was a bit speechless and had to have me repeat exactly what got in my eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlene Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 I havent logged on for a few evenings so I missed something... What on earth is a birdy booboo?????And what do you do with the aloe plant when you have one? I have plent aloe plants so I'm thinking I can use them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 Thanks Berna for sharing that story with us again, I just don't remember it the first time around but at my age thats not too unusual:laugh: Just like with kids, greys can play rough and get a little boo boo, maybe a scratch or something, aloe plants are good to put on that or on our booboos too for that matter, if you have aloe plants then use them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zandische Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 I've been wanting to try the aloe idea. Athena doesn't like misting of any kind and she's not particularly fond of showers. Every couple of days though she likes to dance around in a shallow baking dish and get her wing tips, breast and tail wet. I wish she would get the back wet, but she expressly doesn't like that. As for that birdy "smell" - I've gotta say I love her smell. She just always smells clean and fresh to me, not a soapy clean but just a "natural" clean! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 I love that birdy smell too, but I think some of the others were referring to an unpleasant birdy smell of dirty bird, no one likes a dirty bird, but a natural smell of a bird is nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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