LostStoner
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I have two birds, one is over a year, the other is now almost 5 months old, both are girls, both are Green cheek conures, the older is yellow sided, the younger is a cinnamon. The older is named Loki, the younger is named Ivy.
I got Loki first, I have tried to get her to bath and she absolutely refuses. Her previous owner said that she would take baths every week and she has a shallow dish with a 1 inch lip on it, and she would sit that on her dining room table, and Loki went nuts.
I've tried pie dishes, I've tried big bowls, I've tried the kitchen sink, both bathroom sinks (different style sink) she would not do it.
The only way she will bathe is in her stainless steel water bowl, of which she had two in her cage.
Unfortunately I have laminate wood floors, so water drops can cause damage if left standing, if I miss one, or something, I really don't want her to bath in her water bowl I would rather her bathe somewhere that I can kind of shield stuff from the water. Otherwise it gets on the floor even with peer pads down because she slings it so far, and all over the wall as well, and I just don't know what to do about changing it.
Now the younger one has been doing the same thing because that's what she sees the older one doing. So I can't get Ivy to take a bath anyway but in her water bowls as well.
I have been considering removing the stainless steel water bowls completely, and using the plastic silo waterers so that can only get a drink if water but no room to bath, hoping it might persuade them to take a bath in the stainless steel bowls somewhere else where I can shield stuff from the water.
Please help me.
Any advice?
What do you think?
Thanks.
I got Loki first, I have tried to get her to bath and she absolutely refuses. Her previous owner said that she would take baths every week and she has a shallow dish with a 1 inch lip on it, and she would sit that on her dining room table, and Loki went nuts.
I've tried pie dishes, I've tried big bowls, I've tried the kitchen sink, both bathroom sinks (different style sink) she would not do it.
The only way she will bathe is in her stainless steel water bowl, of which she had two in her cage.
Unfortunately I have laminate wood floors, so water drops can cause damage if left standing, if I miss one, or something, I really don't want her to bath in her water bowl I would rather her bathe somewhere that I can kind of shield stuff from the water. Otherwise it gets on the floor even with peer pads down because she slings it so far, and all over the wall as well, and I just don't know what to do about changing it.
Now the younger one has been doing the same thing because that's what she sees the older one doing. So I can't get Ivy to take a bath anyway but in her water bowls as well.
I have been considering removing the stainless steel water bowls completely, and using the plastic silo waterers so that can only get a drink if water but no room to bath, hoping it might persuade them to take a bath in the stainless steel bowls somewhere else where I can shield stuff from the water.
Please help me.
Any advice?
What do you think?
Thanks.