Is it ok to have my finches drink out of the birdbath?

Post by **Sally** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 9:43 am

It's kind of like your dogs having a nice, clean bowl of water in the house, and they go outside and drink out of a mud puddle. My birds have both bathtubs and water tubes, and they will drink out of both.

steph · Post by **steph** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 10:45 am

fincher wrote:...i clean my water bowls every 10days - 14days or so and if they get a bit of algea in or that i dont worry. in all that i dont get that many sick birds...

Hmm...I do think animals (including ourselves) are a bit more durable than we give them credit for, but changing water every 10-14 days sounds like too long to me. What does "that many sick birds" mean? If you changed the water more regularly maybe you would have nearly zero sick birds.

B CAMP · Post by **B CAMP** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 10:53 am

I don't think its that big of A problem to change the water A couple times A day in a few cages and a aviary,thats what I have done for several years,somtime's they get changed more often if needed.
If I am not mistaken fincher uses A watering system for their drinking water,which don't get dirty like when its in a bowl

fincher · Post by **fincher** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 6:41 pm

sorry i forgot to put in that i have a automatic water which comes on twice a day and i dont clean the bowls for a week or so . so the water gets changed every day but not the bowl
thanks chris