Pet owner, Nick Paton, has helped cure his parrot of a chest infection – by taking him into the shower.
Maroon-bellied conure Tocky had been suffering from a chest infection and his normal squawk had been replaced with a wheeze.
In the rainforest the two-year-old bird would be able to breathe in humidity to clear his chest and so needed some moisture in the air.
A vet suggested engineer Nick and wife Karen, 34, take the bird into the bathroom or shower to help shift the infection.