The strange story of how I realised Berry enjoys bathing

The story of the budgie's bath

Just like humans, budgies need to be able to bathe to keep their feathers and skin clean. I always wondered if my budgies would ever use their bath because for a little period of time I actually sprayed them with water. I had noticed that Berry really liked getting wet, but I had never seen her "accidentally" bathe in these water bowls. 

Days later, I decided to see if Clement likes eating fruit. I place the budgies on top of the cage with a strawberry. Clement really liked eating it, but Berry had made some very odd behaviour to the fruit. She would stop Clement from eating and get onto the strawberry, ruffling her feathers. Berry was not usually this odd and there was no way she was trying to mate with the fruit like Wally does to some pens. I told someone, and they said that maybe Berry liked how cold and wet the fruit was. Soon, I changed the fruit into an apple and saw that Berry had the same behaviour. (Though the apple slice had had more bites out of it than the strawberry had.)

I thought of the idea of letting her have a bath, so I used the lid of one of my food containers and filled it with about half a centimetre of water. When I placed it on top of the cage, I put the fruit in the water to attract Berry. Both of the birds drank from it, but after that Berry walked into the water and started bathing!!! 🥳🥳🥳

I had no idea this would be the way my budgies started bathing on their own, but it was a pleasure figuring it out. Do your budgies have any strange stories? They can teach you new things! :)

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