How to Set Up a Bird Bath That Your Pet Will Actually Use
How to set up a bird bath that your pet will actually use I once spent $34 on a pretty ceramic bath that my cockatiel Mango treated like furniture. Two months went by, zero splashes. Then a $6 plastic dish bolted to his cage had him soaked in four minutes. Same bird, same week. Here’s the thing nobody tells you: birds don’t refuse baths. They refuse our version of a bath. A wild parrot finds water on its own terms, usually rain dripping off a leaf or a puddle it can hop out of. In a living room, we hand them a bowl at floor level and then wonder why they’d rather chew the cage bar. ...