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Re: Pluck No More
Posted by elizabeth on 4/15/06

for my birds I give them a bath with hot water when i use a mister bottle. yes I said
hot :-), check prior to spraying, i use my arm that when it comes out it is a warm to
cool. cold water = very cold water after being sprayed through a mister. i like it to be
warm, more pleasant i think, and my cockatoo does prefer the warm water as she gets much
more excited than with the cooler water.

i soak mine as well (not all the time, i let her "show" me, sometimes i have to refill the
bottle 3 times and it is a BIG bottle), though she is not a feather picker...she also
comes right in the shower with me, she sits on the back of my kids little desk chair til i
am done and clean...then she comes in on my arm and she loves it. now that said, i know it
is unusual but she LOVES it, so who am I to tell her she is odd? bathing more is actually
helps alot of feather pluckers, i try to bathe her in one form or another several times a
week.

if you are a smoker wash your hands prior to holding her - the nicotine and chemicals can
transfer to her feathers and feet and cause the itchies. same thing if you smoke in the
house or same room, which is a big no-no due to how sensitive a birds resp. system is.

i would keep with the spraying her -- you can add some to her drinking water as well, but
i would wait for that and see if this works.


~best wishes~
Elizabeth

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• Pluck No More, 4/07/06, by Dawn.
• Re: Pluck No More, 4/07/06, by Elizabeth.
• Re: Pluck No More/Elizabeth, 4/07/06, by Wondering.
• Re: Pluck No More, 4/07/06, by Meeko's Mom.
• Re: Pluck No More/Dawn, 4/08/06, by Debby.
• Re: Pluck no more, "dose"/toxins, 4/08/06, by Elizabeth.
• Re: Pluck no more, "dose"/toxins, list of ickies, 4/08/06, by Elizabeth.
• Re: Pluck no more, "dose"/toxins, list of ickies, 4/08/06, by Cindy A.
• Re: Pluck no more, "dose"/toxins, list of ickies, 4/08/06, by Elizabeth.
• Re: Two Sides to Every Story, 4/08/06, by Michael L.
• Re: Two Sides to Every Story, for the company makeing the $$, 4/08/06, by Elizabeth.
• Re: ---the company makeing the $$---, 4/08/06, by Elizabeth.
• Re: ---the company makeing the $$---, 4/08/06, by Michael L.
• Re: ---the company makeing the $$---, 4/09/06, by Elizabeth.
• Re: ---the company makeing the $$---, 4/09/06, by testing and human conusumption.
• Re: ---the company makeing the $$---, 4/09/06, by Michael L.
• Re: ---the company makeing the $$---, 4/09/06, by Elizabeth.
• Re: Two Sides to Every Story, 4/09/06, by Evelyn.
• Re: Two Sides to Every Story, 4/09/06, by Evelyn.
• Re: Pluck No More, 4/10/06, by Dawn.
• Re: Pluck No More, 4/11/06, by Elizabeth.
• Re: Pluck No More, 4/12/06, by Dawn.
• Re: Pluck No More, 4/15/06, by elizabeth.