birdy bad breath

[Dic]

This may seem a strange question, but how do I make my CAG have better smelling breath. He has fresh fruit for breakfast, cooked fresh veg for dinner and seed whenever he wants it. His cage is kept clean and has regular clean water. But there still seems to be a very nasty smell coming from him and not just at poo time. If anyone has had the same problem (as me not my bird ) or ideas please let me know. thanks.

[younger]

your avian vet as soon as you can.

[konimaki]

Bad breath in a parrot is not normal. The droppings shouldn`t have much of an odor either. I would suggest a trip to an avian vet for a check up.

[Kaga_Takeshi]

I agree, one of my Greys had smelly, smelly, smelly droppings, we dropped her to out avian vet, and he suggested an anti fungal, oddly enough a human cure for atheletes foot, and it cleared up within days.

But get it checked, birdy could get worse

[habakuk]

I agree with the others about taking him for a checkup. When I got my CAG he had bad breath which isn`t normal. Took him for his new-bird checkup and she found a mass under his tongue where apparently there`d been a small cut or something, seed packed into it, it became infected and full of pus which aged there until he ended up with a mass of caseous material packed with rotted food. Once it was removed, he required flushes with antibiotic on the open area several times a day, as well as systemic antibiotics. He was so sweet and good about it, after a couple of days he`d come to me and open his mouth, asking to have it flushed...it must have felt so good to him after all that time having such a stinking mess under there.

Anyway, I`m not saying that`s the problem with yours obviously, just that it needs to be checked out. Please let us know what the vet says ok?