Dirty ol Amazon

[Chrisdilly]

I just finally recieved my 48 year old Yellow Naped Amazon from the rescue and he is super dusty. I scratch anywhere and I can see dander come off of him. I plan to give him a shower tonight with just water. Is there anything I can do to get him extra clean? I would like to avoid any products.

 

[Featheredsamurai]

With birds you only want to use water(don't use fancy bird baths), you can also use the product Rain, it is water and aloe. Birds do a great job of keeping themselves clean.

 

[henpecked]

There's nothing unusual about being able to see the dust from your zon. They're not as bad as a Too or tiels but they do have a "dust". Sometimes it seems worse than others but i'm not sure why. I would say about 90% of the zons i know love baths and would take one everyday if you offered. But some don't , I haven't noticed that those birds seem dirty to me. yeah they get "baths" when i clean cages or their mate is getting a bath, but it's not always a regular bath. I'm not sure seeing the dust means he is dirty. Does he "smell"?

 

[Chrisdilly]

Yeah he reeks like a hamster.

 

[goalerjones]

Just stay away from the jerry curl or the soul glow...

On a serious note, there is an oil gland at the base of their tails that waterproof their feathers.