| Bottles vs Dishes? |
[Feb. 16th, 2008|08:06 am] |
What are the pros/cons of each? Is it easy to switch either a cockatiel or a senegal to a bottle if I decide to go that route? My sennie in particular likes to make soup and to splash her water all over the cage (not fun to clean up twice a day!) and if a bottle would work for her it'd be convenient. I'd still change the water at least once a day, but at least I wouldn't have to bring a towel with me.
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| EFC |
[Feb. 16th, 2008|08:26 am] |
This is a question for those of you who own this HQ flight cage. I'm not talking about knock-off versions sold on ebay or elsewhere, but the actual HQ version of this cage.
I keep seeing over and over, people saying that they would never house something larger than a green cheek in it, some that say they wouldn't house anything more than a cockatiel. Gnawing on the bars seems to be a huge concern and since I have two birds who each have this exact cage (a green cheek and a nanday) I'd like to get some real input. Not just speculations or opinions but actual experiences that have shown you that this cage isn't suitable for a conure or similar-sized bird. Or, your experience with the cage while housing something other than budgies, cockatiels, parrotlets, or lovebirds.
I haven't had the cages for long, but personally, I've had absolutely no problems with the birds seeing small bars and suddenly turning into Jaws with feathers. In fact, Frankie (the green cheek) spent a year in a cage that wasn't even as sturdy as this one and never did any damage. None of the birds I've had have sat around and actually spent time chewing on their cage bars or trying to destroy them (not even the budgies who will all chew just about anything within their reach; ask my window blinds that are right behind their cage). In fact, I've never met a bird that was so bored that it sat around chewing on bars, not even birds that had little else to do with their time. My ekkie came to me in a disgustingly tiny budgie cage and while the cage was horrendous, small, and obviously unsuitable, her boredom wasn't even enough to strike her to try and pop the welds on the thing. I've met other birds housed in really crappy cages, ones that are far more likely to get destructive than an eclectus and I've not seen bars popped from welds or destroyed cages even when it seemed extremely possible that it could have happened.
I'm not at all saying that it *doesn't* happen, I'm sure it does. And I imagine a bored cockatoo would have a field day in something like that as well as a lot of larger birds that it isn't spacious enough to house anyway. I'm just asking if anyone has experienced a conure-sized bird tearing this thing to pieces? Obviously, if I felt the cage was a danger in any way I wouldn't have purchased one, let alone two of them. It's probably apparent that I personaly don't find it very likely that either of my conures are going to bust out of their cages anytime soon but I'm open to be convinced otherwise and I'd happily buy something else for them if I felt that their saftey was at stake.
So, what kinds of parrots have you had that really did do a sad little number on this particular cage? What kinds of parrots have you kept in this cage successfully? Also, how many of you have parrots that spend a significant amount of time chewing on cage bars? It seems like no powder coated cage would be able to stand up to that, no matter the size of the bird, and that you'd have to go stainless steel in order to avoid damage from excessive bar chewing.
Those are just my thoughts but I'd love to hear experiences from others. |
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[Feb. 16th, 2008|09:57 am] |
So Tiki's first day here went beautifully. Here's a few more pictures we took of him being adorable.
Also, for anyone's piece of mind, the plant is fake :3
( 2 more behind the cut ) |
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| Orange feet? |
[Feb. 16th, 2008|12:01 pm] |
I adopted a 9 year old sennie at the end of December, and when I got her the only fresh food she would eat were apples and broccoli stems. She has since branched out a bit and now also enjoys sweet potatoes, peppers, pasta, chicken, and... carrots. Maeby loves carrots. She would live completely on carrots if she was allowed. Why is this a problem, you ask? Well, have a look at this:
Her left foot, the one she holds things in, is completely orange from the carrot juice! What can I do about this? She gets a piece of carrot pretty much every day right now, so should I limit her carrot to once a week or something? Should I somehow dry the carrots out so there's less juice to stain her foot? Should I just accept that she's an orange-footed little beastie?
For those interested, here are a few shots of Her Orangeness in all her glory.
( Maeby ) |
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| Tycho, the quaker gets a scritch! |
[Feb. 16th, 2008|01:08 pm] |
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| Endangered cockatoos |
[Feb. 16th, 2008|02:54 pm] |
I've just come across an interesting video about endangered redtail black cockatoos. Thought you might be interested in watching it. :-)
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| Cleaning |
[Feb. 16th, 2008|11:26 pm] |
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So I recently picked up a used bird cage and play gym from a woman who had gotten rid of her caiques. She told me she had already cleaned everything for me, minus getting around to washing the cage cover. But I was just wondering what would be the best way to clean these things? |
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