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Let's Make This The Best Bath, Ever!

Posted on: 04/09/11, 19:50:07
First, I'm having technical issues trying to display the movie. The QuickTime plugin in Firefox 4.0 on the Mac keeps crashing, and IE on Windows has some streaming issues. But Safari seems to do fine, as does Firefox on Windows. If you have any suggestions, please let me know; otherwise I have a couple of still shots for your viewing pleasure.
For awhile there, Harley was sitting in the shower with us, and when I was finished, I would spray him with the mister bottle until the drops just rolled off his absolutely dry feathers. It didn't matter how long I misted him, he was still dry. And yet, this was better than the once-a-month bath he'd take in his water dish. Lately: not so much.

Until Friday evening, when we decided to have pasta for dinner, and Harley decided we should have Eau de Harley as an accompaniment to the garlic sauce, with a generous sprinkling of Feather Dust.

Somebody was asking for a movie of a bird bath, right? Here you are:

We had the TV on to a bad (very bad) science fiction movie, but I decided not to mess with the audio since you can hear Harley's beak hit the pot, and the water splashing.

And, for those who can't see the movie, here are three photos proving that Harley is still dry even after dunking his whole head in the water:
african grey bath

african grey bath

african grey bath


Comments

04/13/11, 15:35:16
The only way that I can get Conner wet is to sprinkle the water in between his puffed up feathers. This of course takes forever!

Conner will also stick his head directly into a shower stream and then inhale the water through his nares. So I have a very careful bathing process of protecting him from the stream and drizzling water in between feathers.

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