Grooming your bird includes trimming its wings and nails, filing its beak, preening your bird and bathing your bird. Grooming your bird gives you a chance to spend quality time with your bird and helps you to form a stronger bond with your pet.
Sometimes, water alone is not enough when you're bathing your bird. In cases where birds have become excessively soiled from hand oils, makeup or just from “getting into stuff,” a mild detergent is necessary.
For some birds, trimming their wings helps in handling them as well as preventing them from escaping. However, wing trimming should only be done on psittacine or parrot type birds.
Grooming your Bird
Grooming Your Parrot
How to Give Your Bird a Bath
How to Trim Your Bird's Wings