Hi all
A little time ago I posted a link to my new cage and asked a few questions regarding baths for parrots that you could place in your cage. I have a bath for my bird but its small and will not fit inside her new cage due to its design.
So I began my search for a bath for Sammy, to no avail anyhow I thought okay I will build her one from Perspex it cant be that hard.
I also looked on eBay at bath times and parrots in the shower. I live in a one bedroom flat (apartment) and I only have a bath with no power shower so that was a stopper.
I have built a prototype bath from Perspex around A4 size just to see how difficult it would be and how expensive it would be.
I bought the Perspex from eBay along with some glue and a small submersible pump total cost £20 less than the price of an in cage bath I had been looking at.
My bath is basic well very basic but I thought well why not build a bath with a shower built into it so that’s what I have tried to do. The pump is small and underpowered for what is required so that's fault one discovered: D . The next model will be larger and have more power I would also like to incorporate a switch that Sammy could learn to use in order to operate the pump so she can have a shower or not.
Here are 2 pictures of the bath and two links to you tube quick videos showing it in action.
Url to you tube for videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXd2FcQdZNc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIBWsRLrCVM
Kind regards
Lee & Sammy
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I like the waterfall concept you used, with the water dripping from the top. So did she take a shower in it yet?
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Yeah she loves it lol did not think she would like the water falling on her but she gets soaked and then comes out and covere's the place in water .
Lee
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Re: I have finally lost my mind
Thats cool! It must be like a super shower for her, with water from all sides
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Wow. That looks awesome! Yes, I love that shower idea!
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Very cool! What a great idea
This reminds me that I need to get my birds comfortable with baths. They dip in their water bowl on their own but I'd like to get them under some running water too.
This reminds me that I need to get my birds comfortable with baths. They dip in their water bowl on their own but I'd like to get them under some running water too.