Bathing the Psittacine
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Description: Presents the how and why of bathing, proper approach, methods, species specific showering behaviors, water temperature, and winter care.
Reference - Bathing the Psittacine The Fundamental Aspect of Care: Mankind has been keeping parrots in captivity for thousands of years. Quite recently a change in attitude has developed and we are beginning to examine the fundamental needs of these creatures with which we share our lives. We are now concerned with proper diets, cage dimensions, toys, and products that exhibit safety and concern for the well-being of our birds. What we have not looked at in realistic terms is the fundamental aspect of their care: BATHING. Routine bathing is essential for the parrot. When you study the areas of the world they have been genetically evolving in for millions of years, you will discover recent rainfall averages of 90 to 1 inches and, more surprisingly, 250 to 350 inches annually. Rainfall in these amounts indicate that daily showers are common and parrots are bathing daily. We have been instructed to "occasionally mist our birds with a spray bottle" and, in light of the areas of the world to which they are indigenous, we may wish to reconsider our position on the bathing of our birds. Generally, we have not been providing them with what they were engineered to receive in terms of water amounts and schedules of bathing.
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