This video provides the steps for teaching your bird to enjoy bathing and misting. Topics discussed are as follows:
- Creating a stress free environment, water temperature, basking opportunity
- Enriching the activity with mentoring and music
- How to gain your birds interest in misting
- Importance of basking opportunity after misting
- Size of mister and amount of water related to the species
- Importance of water quality and disinfecting the mister
- Misting should be offered on a stable perch or surface
- Possibility of a shower perch
- Bathing vs. misting depends on the species preference
- Recommendations for a bird bath