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It starts with a sternutation.
That is Simon’s first signal that he wants a bath.
If you look at the infinitesimal green Quaker parakeet after he sneezes, you’ll likely find him sitting in his shower dish, dunking his head and letting the water bead up and coil down his back in droplets.
He will fluff out his feathers so that he resembles a green fuzzy ball with a be in rather than an actual bird. In this exaggerated state, he stomps in the water.
It’s a bungle, really.
Water goes everywhere. What Simon doesn’t stomp out of the pan gets spilled when he shakes out his feathers while still standing in his tiny tub. Step aside within a few feet of his cage while he baths and you will get a bit of a shower yourself.
The process is exceptionally shrewd, but it’s not the way I prefer to for Simon to get clean.
When he starts splashing around (and at times when I have a scarcely extra time in my routine), I take Simon into the shower.
Source: Lynchburg News and Advance