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From: cbishop@zeus
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Building a better bird bath
Message-ID: <1991Jun17.135859.1@zeus>
Date: 17 Jun 91 13:58:59 GMT
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How do you bathe your bird?  

I'm interested in how people go about keeping their bird clean, more
specifically larger pets like parrots.

I have a white-fronted amazon and for the past 2-3 years, each week
I take down his cage, a 3'x3'x3' wire cage hanging from the ceiling, 
and set it on the floor with towels on top and around the base.  
With a couple of water dishes filled with water on top and with a mister 
bottle in hand, Doc gets his weekly shower/bath.

I've tried thinking of ways to set something up in the tub and let the
shower do the work.  Sometimes Doc will go on for 3 or more bottles 
before asking for a lift out. By this time, my arms is siezed up and the
floor is a little more than damp.

It would be much easier to let the shower setup do the work along with 
not getting the carpet wet every Saturday.

Chuck