Importance of Drinking Water for Pet Birds
May 22, 2015 • Feeding and Nutrition, Healthy Lifestyle, Challenges of Companion Parrots, HARI TV
This video presents an overview of the different considerations when offering water to your pet birds.
- Ensure optimal water quality is provided – bacteria, parasites (in certain countries), pesticides and heavy metal toxicity can be extremely harmful to your birds
- Accessories – Choosing the right bowls, bottles and dispensers and positioning of the accessories
- What type of material is best for water dishes and dispensers – metal, glass, plastic
- Water bottle/dish hygiene
- Teaching your bird to drink from a new water source such as a water bottle
- How to provide water while traveling
- Monitoring water consumption to alert for possible health concerns
- Diets which may trigger excessive water intake
- Considerations for the aviculturist – the pros and cons of automatic watering systems