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Re: Bourke's and baths
Bourkes generally don't like bathing. I've had them about 3 years and I've seem bathing only once time and then I was very suprised. I had hung a bath them and they hadn't been curious (they had been only drinking the water). I removed the bath when I hung a nesting box. After breeding, I hung the bath again. Then my male went to the water and he took a bath! I don't what's happened then he had never bathed before. And that's not all. Few hours later one of his babies decided to take the bath too
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Re: Bourke's and baths
Interesting, Rozalka. In general, I would think that every bird or animal would want to keep their gentials, cloaca, vents, bit n pieces, whathaveyou, clean. It only makes sense. Goopy stuff comes from those areas, and the waste/urine/feces can be an irritant and a corrosive. So it makes sense to keep the area clean. And it makes sense that a parent would show their offspring how to keep it clean. So Im not really surprised.
Since my lil guys have proved they dig a bath every now and again, Im wondering why now? Theyve been offered baths for months now, through the hottest months -- US spring & summer. But only now have they gotten into it. I guess it's possible that it took them this long to be comfortable? The male was definitely acting pretty modest, lol It was hilarious how when i turned to look at him, he stopped, and immediately started up full throttle splashing when i stopped looking. That's when I decided to name him IAMGROOT The other question is, are they going to continue to enjoy a bath from now on? Only time will tell. I will continue to keep offering them the chance of a bath, at least twice a week. The first jump into the bath was when I left it on the floor, where they were walking around. I was sitting up on the bed with my back to them (in a closed room, so they knew my dog would not be showing up). The male just jumped in, and had a fun time. The female wanted to get in, but he was hogging it, lol Last edited by buurd; 10-23-2018 at 05:40 PM. |
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Re: Bourke's and baths
I'll ad that a year ago I did a similar thing like this year: after breeding I hung the bath but they didn't bath. So also this was why I was suprised when I saw the male there. When I saw the babie I was more happy because I knew they were young birds which learnt yet
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