Bathing

Bathing is important for parrotlets to maintain their plumage. This should be encouraged early in the day when temperatures are expected to be reasonably warm.

Many parrotlets like to take a dip in their water bowl, so we use these to provide water. The act of changing the water can often be a prompt to bathe.

CAUTION: don’t provide only self-filling tube water feeders as your new parrotlet may completely fail to drink from one of these (having never seen one before).

Not all parrotlets will bathe in their water dish. If not, we recommend a lukewarm water misting. Direct the mist from a new, clean spray bottle over your parrotlet, so mist falls from above.