Advice

[ethanol]

I recently bought a shower perch for my conure. Should he be in there while Im cleaning myself too or is it something thats its just him and im near by? If i can be in there can I use scented soap?

 

[DonnaBudgie]

I recently bought a shower perch for my conure. Should he be in there while Im cleaning myself too or is it something thats its just him and im near by? If i can be in there can I use scented soap?

I think most people shower with their birds but I suppose you would need to trust your bird with all that bare skin. I would take my Goffin's cockatoo into the shower with me. He would get soaked and I'd blow dry him afterward.

 

[onamom]

Ona showers with me every day. She LOVES it. I think it is probably the most safe to use unscented soap but I personally don't. I do try to avoid anything too perfume-like or too heavy. Just make sure the shower perch is in a good spot. A lot of birds just like the steam and don't need the water at all to enjoy it. Others might want to get splashed a little. Don't place the perch directly by/under the shower head but instead place it more to the back or side of the shower. If your bird does want to get wet it's safest to let them sit on your hand while the water bounces gently off of you. The rest of the time they will enjoy the steam on the shower perch.

 

[clark_conure]

They like the warm steam....

Mine like to sit on shower rail and watch sometimes they shower but I like my water hot and they like room temperature.

It's fine, soap is by it's nature non-toxic. With my old conure I'd wash myself then put it on my foot after I was all rinsed off and turned the heat down and let it get "rained" on a bit. The new ones I just let them choose to join or get steamed on shower rail.

 

[wrench13]

I also like my showers way too hot for Salty to be under direct spray. His shower perch is a corner one I made from PVC pipe, and he gets the 'bounce back' spray off my shoulders. But usually we just mist him heavy, he enjoys that much more.