Hi Maggie,
With winter approaching, I 'm wondering how to continue to bathe my grey and when it's considered too cold to bathe them. It's been in the 70's in my apartment lately so, being used to mid-80's for baths for her, I'd been holding off. Yesterday, I boiled water put it in a spray bottle and sprayed her with it; it seemed the only way to get the mist or fine droplets to come out warm. She went nutty; I don't think she liked it as she attacked every toy in her cage with vigor and then went nuts trying to bathe in her water bowl! So she was soaked, and I put a lamp over her cage but she wouldn't get under it.
Anyway, I left the window cracked last night and it got down into the 50's outside. Her cage was tightly wrapped with two sheets and it only got down to around 70 degrees in here, but this morning she's acting different; sleepy and inactive with feathers fluffed. Was this all a bad combination? Are they just less active the cooler it gets? My kitty is tucked into a little ball right now too. Should I be worried? She did eat this morning and talk, but then just stopped and tucked her beak into her back.
So, winter parrot care? How to bathe? She is still too untame to carry into a steamy warm bathroom. Also, she used to live outdoors here in Louisiana, so surely the temperatures involved with opening windows and doors SLOWLY (to let the temp adjust slowly) can't be a problem right? or can it?
Thanks!
Allie and Luna