Comments on: How to Wash a Bird http://www.howtocleanstuff.net/how-to-wash-a-bird/ How to clean anything and everything! Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:15:38 +0000 hourly 1 By: Robin http://www.howtocleanstuff.net/how-to-wash-a-bird/#comment-25025 Robin Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:58:14 +0000 http://www.howtocleanstuff.net/?p=849#comment-25025 I have a cockateil and he stinks really bad, can I wash him with DAWN dish soap? I have a cockateil and he stinks really bad, can I wash him with DAWN dish soap?

]]> By: XZ http://www.howtocleanstuff.net/how-to-wash-a-bird/#comment-9176 XZ Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:44:28 +0000 http://www.howtocleanstuff.net/?p=849#comment-9176 I dried it with a hairdryer, I guess that's why he died 3 days after :( but I didn't burn him it was way far from him. :( I dried it with a hairdryer, I guess that’s why he died 3 days after :( but I didn’t burn him it was way far from him. :(

]]> By: Kim http://www.howtocleanstuff.net/how-to-wash-a-bird/#comment-3261 Kim Sat, 23 Aug 2008 21:00:31 +0000 http://www.howtocleanstuff.net/?p=849#comment-3261 Please be aware that all 'newer' water heaters have a zinc rod installed in them to slow the corrosion process caused by other minerals in the water. Therefore, ZINC IS PRESENT in all warm/hot water that comes from any tap in your home. I only use filtered cold water that has come to room temperature to bath/mist my birds. They love to get wet and used to take showers with us, however, 12 years ago after my favorite cockatiel died was when we learned of the ZINC problem. We had indeed installed a new water heater, our water dept. tested our water from the kitchen tap and it was "off the charts" for ZINC. The cause of my bird's death was ZINC POISONING...had to give the other 4 cockatiels and the cockatoo chelation shots for several weeks to rid their systems of the heavy metals. Please be aware that all ‘newer’ water heaters have a zinc rod installed in them to slow the corrosion process caused by other minerals in the water.

Therefore, ZINC IS PRESENT in all warm/hot water that comes from any tap in your home. I only use filtered cold water that has come to room temperature to bath/mist my birds. They love to get wet and used to take showers with us, however, 12 years ago after my favorite cockatiel died was when we learned of the ZINC problem. We had indeed installed a new water heater, our water dept. tested our water from the kitchen tap and it was “off the charts” for ZINC. The cause of my bird’s death was ZINC POISONING…had to give the other 4 cockatiels and the cockatoo chelation shots for several weeks to rid their systems of the heavy metals.

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