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My current birds are quite elderly and generally don't bathe in bowls any more, especially my 21 year old cockatiel. Am I better off spraying them down with a mister? It's been such a long time since they've had a really good bath :(
 

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My current birds are quite elderly and generally don't bathe in bowls any more, especially my 21 year old cockatiel. Am I better off spraying them down with a mister? It's been such a long time since they've had a really good bath :(
If they like a good mist then it's fine:)
 

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I think it would be well worth a try for your guys. My cockatiels are not elderly, Jem is only about a year old and Fang is a middle-aged gent who is developing some "grumpy old man" tendencies as he ages. Fang has never been a fan of bathing in a dish or bird bath as such, but he absolutely LOVES a good misting from the squirt bottle! As for what Jem thinks about it, well the results here speak for themselves ...

 
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Thank you everyone :) I'm going to have to get a new mister when I can afford it. I might splurge on a nice mister from amazon that will save my poor hands!
 

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Thank you everyone :) I'm going to have to get a new mister when I can afford it. I might splurge on a nice mister from amazon that will save my poor hands!
No worries! Happy misting, i hope they enjoy it and maybe you'll get some cute pics and vids too :)
 

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Yeah, my hands get cramps from the trigger - gotta find a mister with battery power! Salty LOVES his mist bath!
 

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I had a garden plant mister, 1/2 gallon that you pumped up with a plunger and then it sprayed for a long time. The plunger pump worked better than squeezing a trigger.

Otherwise, putting bird on the shower curtain for a while, then taking him down and reflecting spray off yourself is a nice way to get a shy bird really wet if they are dirty.
 

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