Posts Tagged ‘Bathing Birds’
Bathing Pet Birds – What You’re Getting Wrong
Bathing is more than just a splashy pastime for pet birds – it’s an essential part of their health and wellbeing. Whether you care for a tiny budgie or a chunky macaw (no body shaming here!) it’s important you cater for their basic hygiene needs. Bathing can improve feather condition, respiratory health and even mood.…
Read MoreWhen Wild Birds Move Into Non-Traditional Habitat
One of my flock’s favourite ways to bathe is outside under a sprinkler. I set the sprinkler up on top of their aviaries and let the water fall down on them just like rain would. Everyone except for my macaw happily screams and shouts and plays under it. My eclectus gets as close to the…
Read MoreLet Your Bird Dry Itself After A Bath
When I was a child, I used to worry about what happened to birds when it rained. I’d lie in bed at night, listening to storms wondering how birds kept warm at night if they got wet? I figured they’d find a sheltered perch and ride it out but as perches are branches and branches…
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