Am I reading into your Thread that this is the first time you have misted Kizzy?
Misting is best instilled by taking the normal introduction of new things to an Amazon. The bottle moves in with time and once it becomes a common fixture. Misting first starts with Misting directly up into the air near Kizzy, this allows her to see what it is doing and sounds like when your doing it. If you have plants in the house, Misting the plants in this manner is best - allowing the misted water to fall onto the plant from above.
After a few days misting plants, time to try misting Kizzy. As with the plants, mist directly up into the air above Kizzy and allow it to gently fall from above like a natural heavy dew. With time, mist under her wings and bottom. Never mist directly in the face!!!
Thanks, but I've been misting Kizzy since she was about eight weeks old.
I spray just over her head and let the mist settle onto her feathers. Her enthusiasm varies, but she almost always allows me to bathe her.
As for the bathroom, I only take her in there when I'm going to bathe her. I make sure the toilet is closed and that I haven't sprayed any chemicals recently. If she's in the bathroom, she's under supervision. Gabby used to go in there to shower all the time. He would take an actual shower with me as long as I deflected the harsh spray, but Kizzy would rather I use a spray bottle.
I was trying a bottle that has a pump feature and a brass mister. I'd never tried to use it on Kizzy before. She was sitting on my shoulder, watching me rinse it out and pump it. That was when she freaked. It surprised me because she usually doesn't spook easily. I was unprepared for her reaction. She screamed out an alarm and flew into the mirror. She didn't have enough room to build up any speed. After hitting the mirror, she flew across the small bathroom and landed on a shoe organizer hanging on the bathroom door. I'd closed it so she couldn't fly off.
SailBoat said:
The best way to train for 'safe' panic flight is to teach flight paths and safe landing places! Its a 'weekly' Real Estate Agents tour of the home with Kizzy on your hand and your directing the tour! Included with the tour of all new things are the items of concern: windows, mirrors, pictures, walls, etc... Remember to teach flight paths in both directions and from mid-points. Also, include safe landing places.
The danger of panic flight is that rarely has the Parrot considered when its going, it just wants away from what every spooked her. The goal of the training is to provide pre-determined safe paths that once the Parrot's mind catches-up with where it is, the pre-trained safe paths start to kick in and with experience, they grab onto the trained paths sooner.
Panic flights will always happen - any number of things can scare a Parrot!
Horses, yaaaa - been there, done that!
Yeah, my brother's thoroughbred mare decided she didn't want to be caught and almost ran over me. I had to hop out of the way.
Kizzy has flight paths in the living room, kitchen and hallway. I should occasionally take her into the bedroom and bathroom so she knows what to do should she accidentally end up there.
I think closing the bathroom door was a mistake. It made her feel trapped. Add in a strange device with a pump that makes noise...well, I should have anticipated her reaction, maybe. I should teach her to fly out of the bathroom if she's scared or doesn't particularly want a bath.
I need to remind her about the windows and mirrors.
