Posted by Betsy Christison on May 14, 2005 at 08:30:07:

In Reply to: normal Parakeets posted by Abrianna on May 01, 2005 at 14:15:47:

You might try spritzing them with WARM water, not COLD water (would you enjoy a
cold bath?) and do this regularly but only briefly at first if they run from the spray
bottle. Parakeets and all birds do need to bathe to keep their feathers in good
condition, and many birds enjoy a shower instead of getting in a dish of water. Buy
a new spray bottle that has never had anything in it and that has a FINE mist. Spray
it up in the air over the birds so it falls back down on them like rain, don't spray it
AT them. Remove their food and any rope or fabric toys prior to spraying to avoid
mold growing. They will probably soon enjoy it.

My keets love romaine and red or green leaf lettuce, and if you clip a large dripping
wet lettuce leaf from the top of the cage above a perch using a clothes pin many will
actually roll around in the wet leaf, because in the wild they naturally bathe by
rolling in dew on the grass. Sometimes the presentation of vegetables isn't
conducive to getting them to eat the, so if you are trying, for example, carrots, and
they won't eat a carrot stuck between the bars of the cage, try grating it and offering
it in a separate treat cup. Try cooking a hard boiled egg, chopping it up and adding
defrosted frozen corn and peas and warming it slightly in the microwave (make sure
it is cool). It can take birds many exposures to a new food before they will try it
because they may not recognize it as food initially. I offer mine dry cereal, as well
(unsweetened), wholegrain bread, cooked pasta or brown rice and also they eat
moistened Zupreem Fruitblend pellets (moistened with water) which has all the
nutrients in it that seed doesn't have. You will greatly lengthen their lifespan if you
can get them on pellets or at least other healthy table foods...so don't give up! It
took me over a year to convert one bird onto a variety of foods...

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: You might try spritzing them with WARM water, not COLD water (would you enjoy a 
: cold bath?) and do this regularly but only briefly at first if they run from the spray 
: bottle.  Parakeets and all birds do need to bathe to keep their feathers in good 
: condition, and many birds enjoy a shower instead of getting in a dish of water.  Buy 
: a new spray bottle that has never had anything in it and that has a FINE mist.  Spray 
: it up in the air over the birds so it falls back down on them like rain, don't spray it 
: AT them.  Remove their food and any rope or fabric toys prior to spraying to avoid 
: mold growing.  They will probably soon enjoy it.  

: My keets love romaine and red or green leaf lettuce, and if you clip a large dripping 
: wet lettuce leaf from the top of the cage above a perch using a clothes pin many will 
: actually roll around in the wet leaf, because in the wild they naturally bathe by 
: rolling in dew on the grass.  Sometimes the presentation of vegetables isn't 
: conducive to getting them to eat the, so if you are trying, for example, carrots, and 
: they won't eat a carrot stuck between the bars of the cage, try grating it and offering 
: it in a separate treat cup.  Try cooking a hard boiled egg, chopping it up and adding 
: defrosted frozen corn and peas and warming it slightly in the microwave (make sure 
: it is cool).  It can take birds many exposures to a new food before they will try it 
: because they may not recognize it as food initially.  I offer mine dry cereal, as well 
: (unsweetened), wholegrain bread, cooked pasta or brown rice and also they eat 
: moistened Zupreem Fruitblend pellets (moistened with water) which has all the 
: nutrients in it that seed doesn't have.  You will greatly lengthen their lifespan if you 
: can get them on pellets or at least other healthy table foods...so don't give up!  It 
: took me over a year to convert one bird onto a variety of foods...


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