By EasyHow

How to bathe Corell

All parrots are big fans of swimming. And cockatiels are no exception. Water treatment is necessary not so much for entertainment as for hygiene and preventing dryness of the skin and feathers.further it is very difficult to stop. Different birds prefer different ways of bathing. Some like to bathe in the baths (or special plastic CEPALCO), while others prefer spraying from a sprayer or pobarahtatsya in the wet grass and leaves, and some even prefer to take a shower or stand under a trickle of water from the tap. Find out what your bird prefers, it is possible only by trial and error. If Corella like it, then it will place the wings and breast, and happy to splash around in the water.

You will need

- any suitable size tray (Cup),
- special",
- sprayer for flowers (or any other, not spurting),
- regular shower,
wet grass or thin twigs with leaves,
- baby soap or shampoo.

Instruction

If your Corella prefers to swim in the baths, then you just need to provide a any suitable for the size of the bird, the bowl of water. Or hang in a cage specifically designed for these purposes, plastic (or plexiglass) to bathe. The water in the container should be poured not more than 1.5 inches. The water temperature should be room.

To bathing I liked the spray, you need to make a little bit of patience. At first, the bird may be scared of this method of bathing. But do not despair. To teach a parrot to the sprayer, you need every day next to him to spray the flowers (or simply to humidify the air) and, as if by chance from time to time to get on the bird. Thus it is necessary to observe her reaction. If a few weeks passed, and the parrot is clearly not your sort of procedure, then try to offer him another option of bathing. For example, the wet grass and twigs with leaves.

Bathing cockatiels in the grass need to wet it with water and put in a cage or a pallet. To attract birds in the middle of the pan to put a favorite treat.

Some parrots prefer to bathe under the shower or under running water. To find out whether this category is your bird, gently lift sitting on a perch pet to flowing water. First, the water needs to flow around, then try a little water on the parrot. If the bird is frightened, the procedure should be repeated no earlier than day.

It may happen that your Corella is accidentally soiled, for example, glue, paint, some sticky substance. Here arises the need to purposefully buy the bird. You need to take a budgie in his hands as follows:1. Place your hand on the back of the bird.
2. Fix the head, taking Corell under cheeks, dropping the head between the thumb and middle finger.
3. Other fingers grasp the body of the bird.It turns out that the parrot sits on his tummy to you. Now carefully wet the bird, making sure water does not get into the eyes and beak. Then gently lather the plumage of baby shampoo or soap. All rinse thoroughly. If the contamination on the back, then do the same thing, only flipping the bird back to you.

Note

However, preferred to bathe a bird, you must carefully watch, that at the time of the procedure and until the bird is completely dry, the house was not drafty. The risk of chill wet bird increases several times.

Even a well-tamed cockatiels don't like it when you take them in hand and often start to panic: to beat its wings, trying to bite. To take the bird in the hand should be in twilight. So parrots are less nervous and reduces the risk of them something to damage.

Useful advice

Please note that the water when bathing spray or shower should be a little warmer than room temperature.

It happens that it is impossible to wash the dirt from the feathers. In this case, you can carefully trim the feathers from which there is no opportunity to wash off the dirt.