My parakeet and I are best friends. He is always playing in dirty things though. I try to give him a bath like regular keets are supposed to but he hates it. He is really dirty. I tried running the water and letting him run his head under it but he just screams at the top of his lungs. I also just put a bowl full of water in his cage but he wont sit in it. How do I get this durty budge clean!?!
2007-12-03 11:18:29 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Birds
Buy a bird bath made especially for parakeets. Usually has a mirror in the bottom. My parakeets still wouldn't bath in it, unless I put my finger in the bath tub first. But once they got used to it, they loved it. They also like to be misted. One of mine, liked for me to cup my hands under the faucet and she would get into my hands and take her bath there. Let yours get used to hearing water run. They get really interested, and will learn to like the water. Never did get my cockatiel to take a bath though, I have to mist him. He likes it though and will raise his wings to get misted under his wings.
2007-12-03 12:51:52 · answer #1 · answered by Joan H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If once you have provided your fowl the room temp tub in a shallow dish and it ignores or refuses this, you are able to gently mist it with a plant misting bottle and gently heat water. determine you place a towel at the back of the cage so which you do no longer soak the wall and below the cage for the drips. Or place the entire cage interior the tub. additionally flow lower back to the guy who trimmed your birds wings till now and ask for a lesson on a thank you to do it your self. that's lots much less confusing with a pal or somebody to assist, even regardless of the undeniable fact that that's finished your self.
2016-10-19 01:26:13 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can mist him with some warm (NOT hot) water from a spray bottle. Just make sure it is clean water, and that the spray bottle has never had anything else (chemicals of any sort) in it.
2007-12-03 11:47:19 · answer #3 · answered by margecutter 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't think birds like getting their heads wet.
Just put his body under some warm water.
My Quail was squirming at first too, but then after a few mins. she was in heaven. She probably liked feeling warm all over...
2007-12-03 11:28:48 · answer #4 · answered by Chris J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i use warm water in a spray bottle and mist it on mine and he likes it...just make sure they stay warm after the bath so they dont get sick
2007-12-03 13:26:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋