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sqwarky
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| Sqwarky hates bathing! Any advice? |
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im very sorry to keep bothering you but everyone here is sooo helpful and kind unlike other parrot sites iv been on, but i wanted to ask if anyone could help me again lol this isnt to do with biting but i thought i would save making a whole new topic, i think my parrot is scared of being bathed lol sounds stupid but whenever i try to bath him he flys off and if i spray him in the cage where he cant get away he looks like he is going to have hart faliure (sp?) and i dont want to do that to him but if i dont bath him he will get dust mites or somthing thanks again tiff  |
Sunday July 29, 2007 6:15 pm |
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shirin
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No need to apologize girl! That's what we're here for right? To share our knowledge and talk parrots So ask as many questions as you like 
Lets start a new topic about the bathing, I will split this topic and put it under its own heading. |
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Sunday July 29, 2007 6:55 pm |
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sqwarky
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thanks for doing that for me now has any one got any ideas for me thanks tiff |
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Sunday July 29, 2007 6:58 pm |
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shirin
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Ok, so on this topic I can really say that I feel your pain  My African Grey also HATES showering! And with a spray bottle, well forget it! She will scream and run.
Since Sqwarky is afraid of the spray bottle, stop using it. Does he take baths on his own, if you offer a big enough bowl that he can get in? Sometimes running the vacuum will trigger bathing. Sounds strange, but it's true for almost all birds  Something about the sound of it must remind them of water. Or maybe it reminds them that they're dirty jk.
As far as showering, one thing that I find helps with my grey is that for a few days in a row I will take her in the shower with me, but not get her directly wet. Just let her sit there and watch me enjoy taking a shower and playing with the water. It helps if you act like you're having a lot of fun. Then on the 5th or 6th day I will slowly let the water touch her. The idea is to let him see you having fun under the water, and soon enough he'll feel jealous and want to join in. But of course I don't recommend even attempting to do this, until you have the biting under control.
Definitely don't use the spray bottle anymore. This could be one of the reasons he's scared of you. Once he stops biting and starts stepping up and warming up to you, then you can slowly start introducing him to the shower. In the mean time just offer him a wide bowl with shallow water that he can get in. Just put it on top of his cage, and I'm pretty sure he will take a bath on his own. Try the vacuum thing too. |
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Sunday July 29, 2007 7:10 pm |
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shirin
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Oops  sorry, I spelled Sqwarky wrong in the title
Ok never mind, fixed it |
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Sunday July 29, 2007 7:10 pm |
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sqwarky
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thanks so much for the advice (sp?) i was worried when u said get in he shower with him intill you said not intill the biting is under control lol im going to get him a big bowl very soon oh and by the way i think im spelling it wrong i thought that was how you spell it but i looked in the dictionry and your speling it rite, so is there any way i could change my name to the rite spelling? thanks again tiff |
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Wednesday August 1, 2007 4:25 pm |
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sqwarky
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i have just got to day a bath house for squarky its realy cool i got a big one so he had lots of space to bath. its partly inclosed and it has a perch thing on it when he gets used to it he should start to use it. is it ok to use this insted of a big bowl? because i have only put shallow water in it and its nice and big. tiff |
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Friday August 3, 2007 4:20 pm |
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shirin
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That sounds cool, can you post a picture of it? |
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Friday August 3, 2007 5:17 pm |
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sqwarky
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yep i can get a pic of it but ill have to show it on sunday is that ok? tiff |
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Friday August 3, 2007 5:34 pm |
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shirin
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hehe, no rush |
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Friday August 3, 2007 5:48 pm |
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sqwarky
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oh no just realised i was supost to get a pic today  my silly brain lol i will get one real soon |
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Sunday August 5, 2007 4:16 pm |
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cashmeer
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I keep a plastic tub of water on top of choo choos cage..kind of small to medium..I guess...a round one..about twice a week he will get into the bowl a little at a time until he is totally soaked...I tried the spray bottle thing at first and he hated it...now he decides when to take his own bath...and he shakes and shivers until he s dry... |
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Thursday September 6, 2007 2:01 pm |
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jletaz
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Robin, my 13 year old Red Bellied hates baths. I never used to bathe him long ago when he was younger, so I guess he never got used to it. Now, I just spray him every now and then. He still hates it, but he tolerates it. He also tries to bathe in his covered water dish, but it doesn't work His feathers seem to stay in nice clean condition longer than the girls though.
With the girls... I just turn on the shower, put them on my arm as I stand outside the tub, and bathe them. They don't love it, so they just stand there, but I manually lift their wings, and turn them different ways to get wet all over. |
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Friday September 7, 2007 4:12 am |
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cashmeer
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why dont you try the bowl of water on the top of his cage? you never know when they want to take a bath..so you just need to change the water...everyday..and leave it sit on top... |
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Friday September 7, 2007 12:49 pm |
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