I saw Maui bathing in her small water dish, making such a mess. I had forgotten about the big ceramic dog water dish I had bought for Manzi that he never used. I put it in Maui's cage and in less than a minute she was waddling around inside it. Here is a video of it:
I had to leave, but when I came back she had made a mess of the dish. For some reason she thought it nice to tear the newspaper in her cage into strips and put them inside the dish too. She made newspaper soup.
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2 years ago
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You give your parrot colored newspapers? You're not worried about the color inks being toxic??
I didn't know I was supposed to worry about the colored inks. They are not eating the newspaper though so I don't see how it could be a problem. If colored inks were absorbed through the skin, then they would hurt us too (maybe they do).
Well even though they are not swallowing the newspaper all together (though you never know), the concern I see is that it's going in their mouth. Especially since the newspaper was getting dunked in the water, who knows if Maui was drinking that water afterward. Truth is I'm not sure about the colored papers. I've heard it go both ways. But I have heard that the black and white newspapers are definitely safe. So I use colored sheets where they are out of reach but only black sheets if the parrot has access to it. I may just be paranoid but it doesn't hurt to be careful.
We recently had a discussion about colored inks on my forum and some members suggested that they may contain lead and other toxic chemicals. On the other hand, the black inks are soy based. Hope that helps.
I love that she is playing and Manzi is hanging upside down in his cage watching her.
At least she isn't dumping it out now. She is super cute playing in the water.
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