The time has come to give your baby parrot that first bath.
Baby parrots get dirty very quickly. Smelly too!
As infants, they have not yet learned to clean their beaks before preening, and therefore often carry a large amount of food from beak to feathers while they acquire their essential grooming skills. Baby birds will require a few baths before weaning. Unlike adult birds, they cannot rely on a plentiful supply of dust to trap dirt and then fall off their body. Also, a baby’s feathers are not as protective as they will be for an adult parrot.
Baby parrots have a low resistance to germs and bacteria during their first year, that is, while their immune system is developing. Be very careful with the bacteria present on our hands. The first thing you should keep in mind when handling your little bird is having washed your hands well.
This is one way to bathe your baby.
Before the actual bath, make sure you’ve planned a few visits to the uncharted territory of the sink. Take the baby’s attention away from her by making small talk and telling him what she is doing until he is comfortable in this new environment. Less than a minute a few times will work better than going there for an extended period of time just once. This way, the little bird will have time to recognize this unfamiliar environment, but it won’t last long enough to worry it.
When the big day arrives, prepare a large enough water dish or use the sink and fill it with about 2 inches of warm water. Gradually bring your parrot close to the water and arrange for a few drops of water to fall on its feathers and beak. If she gets scared, don’t push her, just take her away and try again later until she gets used to the sink. The main idea here is not to rush things, but to take your time so that the baby doesn’t grow up afraid of water and/or the sink.
After a short time, feel free to start pouring some water on his back. Keep talking to her all the time to make her feel safe and possibly take her mind off what’s going on. Now try to submerge your bird in the water so that the warm water reaches her feet, which should still be resting in the palm of your hand at this point. Then encourage him to get into the sink or bowl of water. However, be careful not to completely overwhelm your baby parrot.
Once it’s nice and clean, take it out of the water and wrap it in a towel to start drying it. It’s best to finish drying your baby bird with a blow dryer on the low setting. Again, you need to be careful to avoid any risk of overheating her fragile skin, and a good way to do this is to turn the temperature to cold if you can, and also keep your hand between the air and the baby to make sure the baby stays warm. being a delicate process at all times.
Hopefully, your baby bird will enjoy this experience, and so will you, so that once the apprehension of the first bath is over, future baths and showers will be a lot of fun for you and your bird.