Bird Bath

An often forgotten aspect of care is a bird bath. In the wild, nature provides rain, puddles, even dew, where birds can clean themselves. In captivity, we must provide alternatives to "personal hygiene" of our bird.

Bird bath or shower is vital to maintaining a good cleaning and good state of the skin. Birds can be sprayed and then left to dry in a warm room, the sun, or to be dried carefully with a hair dryer. We must be careful not to cut the wings too, because often fall Amazonian and can hurt. Cut only the primary flight feathers and only as much bird can glide to the floor. Amazonian forehead and blue are hard body you must be careful not to cut too much feathers. Excessive cutting of the wings may lead to injury following a fall.



Blue-headed Ara Parrot needs to have frequent bathing of the skin and permanently beautiful plumage. A bird bath is the ideal way to put it in a cage placed outside, sprinkled it with a hose and allow them to dry in the sun. Also, the parrot can do with the master shower. Birds can be left to dry in a warm room or the sun or may be dried with a hairdryer.  Ara Parrots are flying strong. Most involved primary flight feathers (the ten birds that are closest to the wing tip) should be curtailed to prevent the parrots to fly, but will consider them to be cut only as much as the bird can glide to the ground. Should be avoided shortening secondary feathers. Shorter wings are quieter and more dependent bird and also will help keep your companion away from accidents. Frequency varies wing shortening how quickly bird Shepherd sheds hair. Cutting claw regularly will help you improve your relationship with your pet bird. Using strips of concrete or an abrasive will help remove sharp peaks, but does not reduce the claws length. Therefore, periodically, they should be curtailed or tipsy. This operation should be started when the bird is young so that it can be used to over time.



Even if the owners of Parrots do not delight to the idea that their Parrots are sick, they may be seriously ill, and during bird bath you can discover the diseases they might suffer of. The most important aspect is that if your Parrot is sick, you must necessarily go to the vet. The immune system of a Parrot is very weak, and even the most innocuous infection can kill you. Helping Parrot immediately can save their life! Owners holding more than Parrot should have at least a recovery cage, where sick birds can be held. With temperatures feet, we can easily find the Parrot state of health. Temperature measurement is very simple to achieve, because many Parrot like to sit on fingers or hands of the owner. Best results are obtained when the bird is calm. If the bird is angry or just flew through the room, his heart beat faster and leg temperature is greater than usual. In conclusion would be to try to measure temperature, but when the bird is relaxed and calm. Temperature average body of a Parrot is around 41 ° C (in the lower body) and leg temperature is around 39 ° C. Try to get used to the temperature of a healthy Parrot, because if the Parrot were sick, you know it and take it to the vet.