cbishop@zeus (06/17/91)
How do you bathe your bird? I'm interested in how people go about keeping their bird clean, more specifically larger pets like parrots. I have a white-fronted amazon and for the past 2-3 years, each week I take down his cage, a 3'x3'x3' wire cage hanging from the ceiling, and set it on the floor with towels on top and around the base. With a couple of water dishes filled with water on top and with a mister bottle in hand, Doc gets his weekly shower/bath. I've tried thinking of ways to set something up in the tub and let the shower do the work. Sometimes Doc will go on for 3 or more bottles before asking for a lift out. By this time, my arms is siezed up and the floor is a little more than damp. It would be much easier to let the shower setup do the work along with not getting the carpet wet every Saturday. Chuck
robert@netsoft.wimsey.bc.ca (Robert B. Nelson) (06/18/91)
In <1991Jun17.135859.1@zeus> cbishop@zeus writes: >How do you bathe your bird? >I'm interested in how people go about keeping their bird clean, more >specifically larger pets like parrots. Simple, I take my blue-fronted amazon Ricky into the shower with me. He has a shower sitting on my arm. Then when he's had enough I put him on a stand outside the shower and have one myself. >I've tried thinking of ways to set something up in the tub and let the >shower do the work. Sometimes Doc will go on for 3 or more bottles >before asking for a lift out. By this time, my arms is siezed up and the >floor is a little more than damp. I used to give him a spray bottle bath but ran into some of the same complaints you mention. >It would be much easier to let the shower setup do the work along with >not getting the carpet wet every Saturday. >Chuck -- Robert B. Nelson NetSoft Systems Inc Phone: (604) 261-3652 1102 West 48th Avenue INTERNET: robert@netsoft.wimsey.bc.ca Vancouver, BC, CANADA, V6M 2N5
iba@rti.rti.org (Ingrid B Agolia) (06/27/91)
In article <1991Jun17.135859.1@zeus>, cbishop@zeus writes: > How do you bathe your bird? > > I'm interested in how people go about keeping their bird clean, more > specifically larger pets like parrots. > > I have a white-fronted amazon and for the past 2-3 years, each week > I take down his cage, a 3'x3'x3' wire cage hanging from the ceiling, > and set it on the floor with towels on top and around the base. > With a couple of water dishes filled with water on top and with a mister > bottle in hand, Doc gets his weekly shower/bath. > > I've tried thinking of ways to set something up in the tub and let the > shower do the work. Sometimes Doc will go on for 3 or more bottles > before asking for a lift out. By this time, my arms is siezed up and the > floor is a little more than damp. > > It would be much easier to let the shower setup do the work along with > not getting the carpet wet every Saturday. > > Chuck How about the good old kitchen sink? Troika, (my Patagonian Conure of 9 years) absolutely loves the sink and lets me know when he wants to take a bath. He lands on the sink, and screams a lot, often trying to reach the water spout. I plug the sink and put in about 3 inches of luke warm water and from there just let the spout run very lightly. He does his thing and has a ball. Don't laugh, but, his other favorite method of taking a bath is when I'm taking a bath. Yes, he loves to join me in the tub, so I have to take care not to use any bath oils or scents in the water. Really all he does is stand on my knee and get his feet and lower body wet. I have never known a bird to be so happy about being in water. Perhaps you could try bringing the bird in the shower with you. Just don't let the oscilator throw too strong a flow of water. Ingrid