Drinking and bathing are separate

1. 01

   Clean water

   Clean drinkers and provide fresh drinking water daily. Observe that birds can reach and use the drinker.

2. 02

   Shallow bath

   Offer a clean, shallow bath when the birds can bathe and dry comfortably. This Gouldian illustration uses plain water.

3. 03

   Remove and dry

   Remove soiled bath water and clean the dish. Keep birds away from direct air-conditioning drafts while wet.

Bath salts and aromatic products need their own species-appropriate instructions. A pigeon bath reference is not a drinking-water recipe or a finch concentration.