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Babs _Owner
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by Babs _Owner » Sat Mar 25, 2017 9:38 am
lem2bert
Oh boy! I see two spoiled little birdies!! What a wonderful castle for a society pair!

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zebsoc
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by zebsoc » Sat Mar 25, 2017 4:26 pm
lem2bert - beautiful cage setup
Your male if very pretty too, what a lovely pair
And lots of room if babies come some day.
I wonder what color the babies would turn out to be.
I had read it is better to wait a year so not too young and to get them in good breeding condition.
Great pictures.
Where do u get ur cage liner paper?
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lem2bert
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by lem2bert » Sat Mar 25, 2017 5:23 pm
zebsoc
Thank-you, I am trying to wait before I put a nest in there for that reason. They are young birds . I often think the same thing (wonder what their babies would look like) and hopefully I will be able to breed them toward the end of the year.
I buy rolls of craft paper from Amazon . It is 18" wide by anywhere from 900 ft to 1200 ft depends on what is available. I use a meat paper cutter to cut it . Works great for me because I cannot stand the smell of newspaper in my cages especially when it gets wet from baths.
Betty 1 toy poodle and canary.
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zebsoc
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by zebsoc » Sat Mar 25, 2017 7:20 pm
lem2bert - thank you for the info on the paper.
I looked into a paper cutter for roll but many reviews said that they didn't have a sharp end for really cutting the paper.
Does the one u have cut well or is it more just to help hold while tear or use scissors?
If it cuts well what is the name of it?
I too hate the smell of wet newspaper. And since my finches enjoy foraging on the bottom for bird seed, I also read newspaper ink was bad for them.
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lem2bert
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by lem2bert » Sun Mar 26, 2017 9:18 am
zebsoc
That was my concern also, but you measure out what you want hold onto the end and pull up. Works perfectly kinda like when you put a ruler on a piece of paper and pull it up to rip it only the cutter cuts a clean edge. I would rather not have a blade on it as I have two little nephews that I watch and they love the bird room. I certainly would not want one of them to get cut on it !!! Me either

Betty 1 toy poodle and canary.
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zebsoc
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by zebsoc » Sun Mar 26, 2017 6:34 pm
lem2bert - thank you
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wildbird
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by wildbird » Tue Mar 28, 2017 11:31 pm
Zebsoc, you can also fold the paper to the size you want, put a good crease in it, and slide a small, sharp buck knife between the papers cutting it where the fold is. I've done that for years with brown contractor paper rolls that can be purchased from Lowes.
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zebsoc
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by zebsoc » Tue Mar 28, 2017 11:38 pm
wildbird - thank you