Tail Feathers in Bath Bowl

[Pajarita]

Pellets don't have bacteria in them so the soupy water might not look clean to our eyes but there is nothing really wrong with it from a health point of view. Besides, parrots eat early in the am so all you have to do is give them breakfast and fresh water and then, after they 'mess' it up, change it before you go to work and it will remain clean until the evening. I have a too that dunks EVERYTHING (bread, fruit, veggies) and his water bowl looks a royal mess after he finishes so what I do is I feed him first before anybody else and, when I am ready to leave the house (I wash the bowls and take a shower after I do the parrots so he has more than enough time), I just pop into the birdroom and switch the water bowl (I always have a second one ready in the bathroom which is next to the birdroom). I can assure you that birds are much happier with a water bowl than with a bottle -and, if it was up to me, I would have a stream flowing through the birdroom because although they have water bowls in different shapes, sizes and depths (they all have different preferences), it's not the same as moving water and I am sure they would like it even better and that's why my next birdroom will have a fountain (the kind that the spout comes out of the wall and goes into a shallow bowl underneath).

[marie83]

Pellets don't have bacteria in them so the soupy water might not look clean to our eyes but there is nothing really wrong with it from a health point of view. Besides, parrots eat early in the am so all you have to do is give them breakfast and fresh water and then, after they 'mess' it up, change it before you go to work and it will remain clean until the evening. I have a too that dunks EVERYTHING (bread, fruit, veggies) and his water bowl looks a royal mess after he finishes so what I do is I feed him first before anybody else and, when I am ready to leave the house (I wash the bowls and take a shower after I do the parrots so he has more than enough time), I just pop into the birdroom and switch the water bowl (I always have a second one ready in the bathroom which is next to the birdroom). I can assure you that birds are much happier with a water bowl than with a bottle -and, if it was up to me, I would have a stream flowing through the birdroom because although they have water bowls in different shapes, sizes and depths (they all have different preferences), it's not the same as moving water and I am sure they would like it even better and that's why my next birdroom will have a fountain (the kind that the spout comes out of the wall and goes into a shallow bowl underneath).

A lot of people on here free feed though and the water will be left in most of the day. How can you categorically say that pellets do not have bacteria in? Pretty much everything does support some sort of bacteria, bacteria can lie in a semi-dormant state until the right conditions come along. Its the fact that pellets are dry which removes one of the criteria for bacterial growth- moisture and if stored in an airtight container/bag removes a second major factor in bacterial growth-oxygen which makes them very low risk for transferring bacteria to the bird. When you add water the conditions are immediately more favourable to permit growth, more so in warm household environments where windows and central heating can amplify the temperature or where other countries are naturally hot anyway.