Bath on a very hot day..

[Marianne Marlow]

Billy and Chipper were the only ones that went in.

Both Max and Barney drank some bath water though, that counts right?

[tweetiepiesmom]

Lovely!

[criswell]

Brilliant photos. Yep, drinking the bath water counts

[ffiscool]

It looks like Max was interested.

He wasn’t bothered here. I had to put his ball in the middle of a dish to get him in

Bailey however loved the bathing

[Marianne Marlow]

I'm glad that drinking the water counts

ffiscool I don't think I have ever seen Max bath, he's an observer!

There are two baths here, one bigger than the other. Most of the enthusiastic bathers prefer the tiny green bath!

[Loz]

The only bath I've ever seen Hector have was once, in a small water bowl that had no chance of accommodating him

Dear Berek once took a bath in my glass of water. Such a character.

[Marianne Marlow]

Berek was so cute. I loved seeing him with Loric going round on the fan!

Plus running about doing hops on the floor in the beginning!

Chipper regularly bathes in the water dish. Hes the only one that has baths often.

[Loz]

Chocobo has a bath every other day whether she needs one or not. It is vanishingly rare for any of the budgies to bathe on their own impulse but if Chocobo is there, a group of regulars joins in. My most enthusiastic budgie-bathers are Gurgeh & Maddy Prior, whilst Finrod just loves a chocobo-powered shower.
Unfortunately the now-popular water fountains are off-limits as the Flock has just started a scheduled ivermectin treatment. No unauthorised water sources allowed for two days.

I missed a video-of-the-year candidate yesterday. Loric & Eeyore (of all people) were playing a complicated game of budgie-chess on top of the Daytime cage. It went on for several minutes with them both jockeying for the winning move (I have no idea what the rules are). Loric cheated a little, doing some of his very best hops while Eeyore countered by hopping onto some low perches and the perch ladder for a height advantage. They seemed to really enjoy their game. I was in equal parts delighted and heartsore but it seems that Loric will find a new hopping partner soon.

[Marianne Marlow]

I'd have liked to see the budgie chess comp between Loric and Eeyore..

[ariella]

Budgie-chess. *heart melts* That is just so incredibly sweet. A bittersweet moment for you loz but I’m glad you were there to see it.

[criswell]

Dean Stockwell was a regular water dish bather. He was so small he could have quite a decent bath in it. Apart from that I've only been able to get my boys to use a covered bath that clips on the cage door. I've tried all sorts of different dishes in the room or on top of the cage and they were all to dangerous for a budgie to go anywhere near them.

Budgie chess sounds wonderful.