Finally got Yoshi to take a bath!!!

[aufde]

I've had Yoshi for a couple of weeks now and he refused to get into any water. I got a spray bottle and sprayed him down a couple days ago and he didn't like it one bit. So I took him into my bathroom sink and ran the water over him. He didn't really seem to like it, but yesterday when I did the same thing, he walked right under the water and sprayed it all over me with his wings

So now he loves bath time, and gets everything in the bathroom wet everyday. I never realized how ragged his feathers were getting until his bath, because they look amazing now.

Now I wish I took pictures, maybe tomorrow I'll post some.

Quick question, he was sneezing a lot (I assume that's what it was) while he was bathing. Is it just because water gets into his nostrils (not sure the birdy term)

EDIT: I didn't see any unusual discharge, I know that's one of the warning signs of something bad.

 

[MaraWentz]

Both my red fronts sneeze sometimes when they first get in the shower- it's just the water. Erin used to actually pick her nose

 

[Ebella812]

It's normal to sneeze. They are just getting the water out of their nostrils. Try bringing him in the shower with you. My Lucy loves coming in the shower. We have a shower perch for her to sit on and she just hangs out while I do my routine. Then I hold on to her and let the water fall on her feathers. Just don't put Yoshi directly under the stream of the shower cuz it can be too rough.

 

[MaraWentz]

It's normal to sneeze. They are just getting the water out of their nostrils. Try bringing him in the shower with you. My Lucy loves coming in the shower. We have a shower perch for her to sit on and she just hangs out while I do my routine. Then I hold on to her and let the water fall on her feathers. Just don't put Yoshi directly under the stream of the shower cuz it can be too rough.

I put mine on the shower floor and she walks right under the water and sit there with her eyes closed forever if you let her

 

[aufde]

What temperature can they handle? Should it be cool/warm/hot? So far I've been using cool water in the sink, because that's probably how it is in the wild.

 

[MaraWentz]

depends on your bird. I love my showers steaming hot so I went from cool-warm- hot GRADUALLY, but I dont keep her in hot water long though- I'm afraid the steam will make it hard to breathe.Then again my bird shivers if it isn't at least 75 degress- like me lol

 

[Sarahtheumbrella]

YEAH! so hapy that you finally found something that works!

Sarah has bath issues too. We have to put her in a travel cage and then put the cage in the shower. She just stays in a corner with her eyes closed, but i am not sure if she really "likes it".

I'll try a sink next

 

[Didomum]

Sounds like bath time is now fun time, wish I could teach my teenagers the same thing it's easier to train a bird to bath then a teenager of the human kind lol.

 

[aufde]

I had to wash my hands the second day so I set him on a towel rack next to the sink and he watched me wash my hands before I tried to get him under the water. After I played in the water, he wanted to too

 

[Mudkips]

Birdy loves to stand on top of the shower when I'm in there, but he never liked the water. After 1 or 2 weeks of him coming home, he had still not had a shower and was pretty smelly so I decided to find out what worked best.
The first time I held him under the shower head (his back only - his head was kept dry) he didn't move or make a sound, but he was noticeably unhappy with what I was doing. He stepped up and out of the water as soon as I gave him the opportunity.

After browsing the forums I discovered misting with a spray bottle, so I went out and bought a cheap spray bottle and set it to the finest spray. I sprayed it above him and let it fall on him. He hated this even more then the shower and thought I was punishing him for some reason.

Weeks after I got him I finally discovered he liked the coldest running water from the kitchen sink. Even in the middle of winter.
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