Sunshine and stuff

[Kalidasa]

Ok, I'm gonna try once more to post a vid
[ame=http://youtu.be/iCCRwewLrfM]Morning gone to the birds - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Kalidasa]

[ame=http://youtu.be/iCCRwewLrfM]Morning gone to the birds - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Featheredsamurai]

What a great video! Fresh air and sunlight is so fantastic for our fids

 

[Willc]

That is just to awesome! I am going to be moving soon and will have a place set up behind my house to bring all of my friends out for some fresh air and sun. As it is now, I have to move the cages by the window and open up the window for some fresh sunlight.

 

[BoomBoom]

Nikka is looking great, so are the budgies. That sunshine is all kinds of awesome for them!

 

[BillsBirds]

Sunshine and fresh air are so important. Just be careful of too much sun, or heat. Good job with Nikka. Regrowing a plucker is an achievement indeed. Sunshine & showers work wonders for them.

 

[Kalidasa]

Thanx @ everyone! Yup I try to give them dappled us shine every-day, especially for Nika, because being out there makes her bathe repeatedly. Just bought a new large bath bowl that hangs inside' and an AWESOME new toy, after all, she's a motor city bird. (But we're in the burbs). It's a macaw toy, but she loves big bold toys! (See attached)

 

[Willc]

Kalidasa,

That toy looks like tons of fun! I have always enjoyed going to pet stores and scoping out toys for all animals, especially birds. I have even done this at times that I couldn't have pets at all! I sometimes think that I enjoy the toys more then the birds do.

I had a small in cage bath for my budgies, but I had to take it out. They enjoyed it just a little to much, spreading water all over the inside. I live in North Carolina and with spring here, the temps are fairly high. Bacteria does not take long at all to grow and I was just to worried about the toys and other small spots in the cage growing bacteria.

What I use for my budgies now is a bird bath that I attach to the gate of the cage. They take a bath every day in it, and I just dry the areas that get wet afterwards. The main issue before was that they were bath four and five times a day so some areas just were not staying dry! I do clean the cage every morning, wiping down toys, perches, sides, and changing the bedding. I might be a bit to paranoid, but I don't think you can be to safe.

 

[Kalidasa]

@willc...I wish they had those snap-in baths for parrots and their cages. My budgies won't go near those, but I know my conure would.....gonna have to check online....
I have no idea why there are 2 posts of this vid on the same page, I only posted it once!