Needs a good clean

[valerie]

I clean the bottom of Rio's cage every day and put down clean newspaper and saw dust (because of the runny poo) but the whole cage needs a good clean because Rio flicks food every were. Now the questions is how do I do this as Rio is very nervous of people and won't come near me and I dont want to just take him out and make him even mor nervous.

 

[HRH Di]

We take ours out to the back yard and use the pressure washer. But, you could get a big roll of paper towels or some rags and a bucket of warm water with birdie safe soap and a bucket of clean rinse water and start cleaning by hand. If you go slowly and talk reassuringly, it may help Rio bond a bit more.

 

[oled]

Prio 1 is not to make Rio nervous. Prio 2 is cleaning, so try to do the best of it that will do

 

[Pedro]

If your bird is to nervous you may try to put him in another cage or box if you don't have a spare cage & take his cage outside & give a good scrub & rinse. When i need to wash down a keets cage i leave the bird in the cage, they really love to get wet. Once wet the poo comes off very easy.