I love imagining you with this bird. You're such a natural with animals that it's kind of a shame that you don't work with them for a living.
I'v found that some birds who hate the spray bath like it's some form of torture often enjoy inching down your wrist to sort of bathe themselves in a very low trickle from the sink tap. They don't actually stand in the stream, but sort of stick their heads in and throw it over themselves, and then flutter and preen. When/if she gets used to being handled by you, it's worth a try. That said, baths don't seem to be crucial, or else my dad's water-phobic African Grey would have perished decades ago.
The rest of Daddy's advice: those movements she was making WERE from stress, and no, she sounds perfectly healthy and you shouldn't have to take her to the vet. But you probably already figured that out.
"a strip of foulest crookneck" gave me my guffaw for the morning.
I applaud your persistence on Miss B's case, and I'm keeping my fingers crossed for the badassery. I think it's an excellent strategy! And hurray, United Way!
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Date: 2007-09-11 03:24 pm (UTC)I'v found that some birds who hate the spray bath like it's some form of torture often enjoy inching down your wrist to sort of bathe themselves in a very low trickle from the sink tap. They don't actually stand in the stream, but sort of stick their heads in and throw it over themselves, and then flutter and preen. When/if she gets used to being handled by you, it's worth a try. That said, baths don't seem to be crucial, or else my dad's water-phobic African Grey would have perished decades ago.
The rest of Daddy's advice: those movements she was making WERE from stress, and no, she sounds perfectly healthy and you shouldn't have to take her to the vet. But you probably already figured that out.
"a strip of foulest crookneck" gave me my guffaw for the morning.
I applaud your persistence on Miss B's case, and I'm keeping my fingers crossed for the badassery. I think it's an excellent strategy! And hurray, United Way!