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[Emm]

one more... why do little furry creatures like cavy's smell so good??? They even smell cute...
I think it's the hay and something mixed

the beagle's paws smell like corn chips after they have been sleeping or something....don't know why.....but I think it's cute :wave:

 

[Big Kahuna]

because your an Odd Duck??

 

[Odd Duck]

Individual animal and likely diet related.

 

[The Penguin]

the beagle's paws smell like corn chips after they have been sleeping or something....don't know why.....but I think it's cute :wave:

I think a lot of dogs have that issue - when I was on a weimaraner list, the discussion of foot odor came up frequently. Most would say there dogs feet either smelled like Fritos or popcorn.

 

[Scraggly]

I think a lot of dogs have that issue - when I was on a weimaraner list, the discussion of foot odor came up frequently. Most would say there dogs feet either smelled like Fritos or popcorn.

i have never noticed this, and why are all of you smelling your dogs feet?

 

[Odd Duck]

Corn based diets. They're sweatin' it out.

 

[Big Kahuna]

LOL, our first dog had feet that smelled good. Anita loved to smell them. It did not do much for me!!!!!!!!!!

 

[BrapBaby]

i have never noticed this, and why are all of you smelling your dogs feet?

I 2nd this....why are you smelling the feet???:261:

 

[Odd Duck]

Sometimes during a snuggle, the feet are near the face. Just the way dogs lay.

 

[yamaslut]

The hay is part of it, but some animals just smell good. Vegetarian species are often likely to smell good. Lots of parrots smell really good, especially c*ckatoos and amazons. Most co ckatos have a somewhat sweet smell, but Moluccan's are my favorite. They smell like maple syrup. Most Amazons have a somewhat spicy sweet smell.

Parrots so consistently smell good that if they smell wrong, I look for problems, usually with the GI tract, but sometimes it's a metabolic problem. If they keep smelling "off" even when blood work and stool checks are normal, I keep looking until I find out what's wrong, cuz they don't stink for no reason.

There is a group of birds called Pionus parrots (related to Amazons) that are reported to smell either very nice or like dirty sweat socks. In my experience, the "sweat socks" birds have something going on, because often after resolving health problems they smell good. I've had owners tell me their bird never smelled good, always like socks. Then we treated and the bird smelled nice for the first time in it's life.

If you know anybody with a Pionus that smells like socks, tell them this and make them take their bird to a GOOD bird vet - not someone that sees only 1-2 birds a month, somebody that sees a LOT of birds.

How did I get started on a lecture about bird health, anyway?

My ex had birds and they did smell good... I never occurred to me it was from their veggie diet... Birds and Cavy's do eat similar things...

 

[The Penguin]

i have never noticed this, and why are all of you smelling your dogs feet?

when an 85# dog stands up and puts his feet in your face - you can't help it. :biggrin:

 

[BrapBaby]

What's a Cavy?

 

[Scraggly]

when an 85# dog stands up and puts his feet in your face - you can't help it. :biggrin:

i got one and that happens i just dont leave them there or smell them. im not knocking ya just seemed odd to me its something ive never noticed and ive had dogs my whole life

 

[Odd Duck]

What's a Cavy?

Guinea pig. They're not really from Guinea, so that name isn't a very correct name for them. Cavy is part of their scientific name, Cavia porcellus.

 

[yamaslut]

Sometimes during a snuggle, the feet are near the face. Just the way dogs lay.

since you are here answering questions... What is up w/ the hair getting into scooters penis. I don't know if I'm saying that right... When you pick him up he always has a few strands of hair from his belly area that get stuck to his wiener... You ever see that on the long haired cavy's? The wife just pulls it out of there.... No risk of infections???

We have been starting to trim the butt area to prevent "pee legs"... I guess they need more timming...

 

[Mark44]

O MY GOD where is this going next?

Mark44:scared:

 

[yamaslut]

this is exactly what ginger looks like:

 

[yamaslut]

O MY GOD where is this going next?

Mark44:scared:

ha ha ha.... you are lovin the animal poop talk, you know it

 

[Odd Duck]

since you are here answering questions... What is up w/ the hair getting into scooters penis. I don't know if I'm saying that right... When you pick him up he always has a few strands of hair from his belly area that get stuck to his wiener... You ever see that on the long haired cavy's? The wife just pulls it out of there.... No risk of infections???

We have been starting to trim the butt area to prevent "pee legs"... I guess they need more timming...

Common problem with the long haired boys. Keep watch on the area and clean all the hair out frequently. I do recommend keeping the hair around that area trimmed fairly short (not so short that it pokes into the other side of the skin folds).

If the hair stays in there, it can get infected. You will see whitish, greasy discharge building up around his pen!s. Just watch it close, remove any hair that gets stuck, and he should be fine.

 

[yamaslut]

now that is a beautiful Peruvian...