Baths

[Jez]

What temp. water do you use when you give your bird a bath?

 

[Auggie's Dad]

Auggie's is usually just room temp or even cooler: cool tap water.

I know many people recommend it being warmer, but he only goes for cool water.

More importantly though is the air temp after the bath when they are drying. A wet bird coming from any temp water into a cold room will get chilled much more than a bird who took a cold bath and is drying in a reasonably warm room.

 

[TexDot33]

it's two different temps for my girls ... my GCC like ICE COLD water and my sunny (the spoiled rotten princess) won't get in unless it's luke-warm ... there is an old saying for those that recommend warm bathwater for parrots, "no one heats the rain" so I don't think anything more than room tempature is necessary ...

Also, like AD said, watch the room temp after they are done ...

 

[Eclectus_baby]

My parrot hates cold water.. - so she has a shower with me. I make sure i turn the temp down a little - so it's still relativley warm. My bird is an Eclectus - so they come from the humid parts of the world. (Rain forests - up in the canopies). She is spoilt. She loves having showers - she nestles up to me and rests her head on my shoulder - just like a baby - and makes her cute baby noises and clicks her beak. Happy little vegemite she is.

 

[Jez]

Thanks, I see it's basically a matter of opinion, am I right?
Making a trip to the parrot store today!

 

[Auggie's Dad]

Thanks, I see it's basically a matter of opinion, am I right?

Yup, the only opinion that will matter in your life for the next many years: your birds!

 

[TexDot33]

... Yup, the only opinion that will matter in your life for the next many years: your birds!

Assuming he doesn't get married and have kids ... because, trust me ... when that happens, you don't get to have an opinion anymore ...

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