Many lovebirds will dive into their water bowl and take a bath a few times a week. If your lovebird is not doing this, you might tempt it by splashing your fingers in the water. I often take a large, low bowl and set it onto the table on a paper towel, then splash my fingers in it to attract the lovebird. The lovebird will start to fluff up its feathers and get excited by the splashing. Generally, it will then dive into the bowl and take a bath.

 

 

Another method for bathing is to spritz your lovebird with room temperature water. Some lovebirds enjoy this right away, but some do not. Most lovebirds will come to like it if you continue to do it on a regular basis. generally, a spritz every other day is good. Lovebirds that are molting or plucking feathers may need it more often. Once a week it is a good idea for the lovebird to get a thorough soaking to the skin. make sure when you do help your lovebird bathe that you do put it onto on a safe perch. Wet feathers weigh a lovebird down and make flight difficult or impossible. You do not want your pet to lose its balance and crash to the floor.

 

As pet lovebirds have increased in popularity, so has the availability of fun accessory is a special shower perch with suction cups that you can attach to the the wall of your shower. This allows your lovebird to have a nice rain shower with you. Make sure the diameter of the perch is appropriate for lovebirds; they need to have a good grip so as not to slip to the floor. Direct the shower-head in such a way that the lovebird mainly gets a misty shower and not the direct force of the water. Be careful about letting your lovebird sit high up on the shower rod. A clipped lovebird that is wet from the rising steam could lose its balance. That is a long fall, and the lovebird could be seriously injured, possibly breaking a leg or wing.