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Pet Forum / Birds / Parrots / May 2004Switching Water Sources
Maxine was given to me last year and she was being watered via a small pyrex bowl, which she keeps fouling. I'm trying to get her to switch to a gravity-feed water bottle. I placed the spout next to her bowl and gradually reduced the amount of water available, as suggested by the manufacturer, but she's not going for it. Any suggestions? "Michael S. Cooper" <mcflash03.REMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote... > Maxine was given to me last year and she was being watered via a small pyrex > bowl, which she keeps fouling. I'm trying to get her to switch to a > gravity-feed water bottle. I placed the spout next to her bowl and > gradually reduced the amount of water available, as suggested by the > manufacturer, but she's not going for it. Maybe you should take the old water source away. Then watch for a few hours to make sure she's found the new one. -- Stephen Oakes > Maxine was given to me last year and she was being watered via a small pyrex > bowl, which she keeps fouling. I'm trying to get her to switch to a [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Any suggestions? You must *never* restrict a bird's water, ever!. Put the drinking bottle next to her water and hhope for the best, otherwise, make sure there are no perches above the water pot and change the water daily, which you should be doung in any case. I tried the water bottle thing with all my birds and not one of them took to the bottle. It is no hardship to supply fresh clean water daily as it is all part of my routine. > You must *never* restrict a bird's water, ever!. A simple "not a good idea" would have been sufficient. > > You must *never* restrict a bird's water, ever!. > > A simple "not a good idea" would have been sufficient. Not necessarily. The truth is you must *never* restrict a bird's water, ever! Just saying not a good idea is a weak statement and newbies can decide it *is* a good idea, then you have a dead bird. Try to grow some thicker skin man Laurie > > You must *never* restrict a bird's water, ever!. > > A simple "not a good idea" would have been sufficient. No it wouldn't. An explanation of WHY it's "not a good idea" is much more informative and effective.  SignatureMama ~^~^~^~ Visit Mamabird's Nest: <http://iluvbirds.tripod.com/> And My Photo Albums at: <http://photos.yahoo.com/iluvbirdz> ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ Here is what I did. I had the same problem but was too stupid to notice until my one 'tiel dove into my teacup and came up gargling repeatedly...LOL I took the coloured ball of the drinking tube and shoved it into the 'teils face until he got pissed off and took a poke at it. Later I did the same thing with him in his cage and then hung it on it's hanger. He went right over and is now an educated drip tube drinker. > > You must *never* restrict a bird's water, ever!. > > A simple "not a good idea" would have been sufficient. whenever people buy birds from me i tell them not to buy water bottles... i prefer my birds to be able to splash around whenever they like. just position the cup where it's not going to get pooped in. i've never had a problem. water needs changed everyday regardless. >>Maxine was given to me last year and she was being watered via a small > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > thing with all my birds and not one of them took to the bottle. It is no > hardship to supply fresh clean water daily as it is all part of my routine. Yes quit trying to get her to die of thirst. Not all birds take to a bottle. You are only stressing her out. Clean the water source as needed. Would you keep water from a child if it made a mess everytime? good lord it's getting to be SUMMER! THAT's Why there is problems on this list...looking for info is one thing but being completely clueless is quite another. JOSH > Maxine was given to me last year and she was being watered via a small pyrex > bowl, which she keeps fouling. I'm trying to get her to switch to a [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Any suggestions? > Yes quit trying to get her to die of thirst. Not all birds take to a > bottle. You are only stressing her out. Clean the water source as [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > THAT's Why there is problems on this list...looking for info is one thing > but being completely clueless is quite another. No, I think the problem I'm seeing is that twice I've been yelled at here for following someone else's instructions (the manufacturer's), which I dutifully pointed out in my post. Did I say I removed all the water? No, I said I gradually reduced the amount. And I get called clueless to boot. Good God, you people are militant. I'll go elsewhere for help, thank you. > JOSH > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > > > Any suggestions? There is always that "moron" element in every newsgroup where nobody has to face their adversary. Many of these children know much about birds but cannot relate to humans very well. It is a sad state of affairs (Marco and Steve) but there is a few good pointers once you block out the garbage that rants and name calls. Best of luck to you. > > Yes quit trying to get her to die of thirst. Not all birds take to a > > bottle. You are only stressing her out. Clean the water source as [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > > > > > Any suggestions? > There is always that "moron" element in every newsgroup where nobody has to > face their adversary. Many of these children know much about birds but [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Best of luck to you. Apart from the need to see your name on usenet PG, why did you bother posting? You never actually gave any advice did you? I gave useful information without degrading comments to the asker. > > There is always that "moron" element in every newsgroup where nobody has > to [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Apart from the need to see your name on usenet PG, why did you bother > posting? You never actually gave any advice did you? | No, I think the problem I'm seeing is that twice I've been yelled at here | for following someone else's instructions (the manufacturer's), which I [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] | | Good God, you people are militant. I'll go elsewhere for help, thank you. Nope, no militant's here... just people trying to give good advice... and people that care A LOT for their birds :-) > > Yes quit trying to get her to die of thirst. Not all birds take to a > > bottle. You are only stressing her out. Clean the water source as [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Good God, you people are militant. I'll go elsewhere for help, thank you. Could you please let us know the manufacturer of the water bottle who gave such bad advice so that those of us that actually know something about birds can email them and lobby them to stop them giving out advice which may kill birds. PLease don't in future look for avian advice from a company which after all is only a bottle making company and not a company of avian vets or experts. If you needed advice about taking your pet bird on a journey, would you ask people who keep birds or go to your local car mechanic and ask him for advice about birds? She did ask the group. Can you not read past your hatred of your fellow bird keeper? > > > Yes quit trying to get her to die of thirst. Not all birds take to a > > > bottle. You are only stressing her out. Clean the water source as [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > people who keep birds or go to your local car mechanic and ask him for > advice about birds? > na na na naa not listenin to you |
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