Bathing tips!

[AbbysDaddy]

I am going to try and figure out how to video tape my baby Abby and how I bath her, or at least tempt to bath her lol I have let her get used to me taking a shower and let her observe me every day so not every trip into the bath room is a bad experience. Any tips are welcome.

[Summerc25]

I just made sure the water was a nice temperature and turned the water on low so it didn't spray hard on shaka zulu. He still does not LOVE bath time but he tolerates it lol Just use reassuring words too. Like I tell him "its okay" and hold him close to me when I am getting the water ready. He does not freak out but I can tell he is ready for it to be over lol Then I tell him how pretty he is when we are done. He likes that a bit hehe<br><br>Post edited by: Summerc25, at: 2009/12/30 03:41

[AbbysDaddy]

Worked out OK. The video didn't come out that well so I will try for a better one here soon and re post it on this thread. Although I did put together some PVC pipe that would lay steady for her to stand on she did like that a lot more

[SFsailor]

Strangely, at least to me, my CAG likes her bathing/showering water rather cold.

 

Today she got in the dog's water dish and attempted to take a bath.

 

BAD BIRD! hehehe

[JillyBeanz]

Don't try and video her until she's comfortable taking a shower! You'll have enough on your hands trying to calm her into accepting the shower

 

Let her hang out with you on the shower rail and take in the steam of the shower - then you could invite her nearer to perhaps be "sprinkled" with a bit spray. Talk to her all of the time reassuring her.

 

It can be a long process - it can be quite a quick acceptance - all greys are different.

 

She may not like this and you may have to resort to misting her whilst in her cage! Good luck!

[AbbysDaddy]

The camera was fixed on a tripod and I would never try and handel her and the camera in the same shower lol

[Luvparrots]

My grey likes bathing in the sink. There's a video around here somewhere. Looking forward to seeing Abby's first shower video!

[dblhelix]

Kip also prefers cold water baths. We take her in the shower with us often (me in morning, wife in evening) where she sings etc and has fun in the steam rising. Sometimes we get her under the actual shower stream but she does not like it all that much. She prefers to bathe in her water bowl or other bowls we offer...

[AbbysDaddy]

Abby bathes in hew bowel but from what I have read and from watching her bathe in her cage she doesn't get nearly clean enough complete saturation of certain parts of the body is best so I take her in the shower. I have left her on the floor of the shower while the shower is on and I have left her in the bottom of the tub with a little bit of water and some tubing for her to stand firmly on ... she seems to like me bathing her myself best holding her on my hand and taking her in and out of the falling water from the shower head.