My $50 aviary and my birds! (Lotsa Pics)

oversweet10 · Post by **oversweet10** » Wed May 07, 2008 8:05 am

What a great story about saving Leo

. I LOVE your aviary btw!! NICE!

Lizzifinch · Post by **Lizzifinch** » Sat May 17, 2008 10:37 am

Oh what beautiful birds! And how lucky they have a whole world to live in.. and a personal caregiver to boot! I want to be re-encarnated as a bird and live in your aviary,, yup that is what I want to do.
thanks for sharing

1of42 · Post by **1of42** » Sun May 18, 2008 8:59 pm

That's an awesome aviary. I've always loved and dreamed of courtyards in houses, and yours is a courtyard with finches, which makes it most cool. Great job rescuing the tortoise, too!

mickp · Post by **mickp** » Mon May 19, 2008 5:34 am

Willie it's time for you to confess, how was the trip to the game farm and where are the pics? you know that you have to share with us all.

williep · Post by **williep** » Mon May 19, 2008 7:40 am

Mickp, I'm doing a seperate post under "finch chat".

nickkio · Post by **nickkio** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 7:50 pm

your aviary is beautiful indeed.How do you catch your birds to medicate or band them?. I have a great deal of difficulty catching birds in my aviary. We all end up stressed and panting Claudia

williep · Post by **williep** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 3:04 am

Thank you very much for your comments.

I use a small cage that I rig with a spring loaded door and a string. I then place food inside the cage and then pull the door close when the bird I want to catch is inside.

I lure the different species I want to catch with different foods/treats. My stars and parrot finches love the wet food mix I provide and all the shaftails and Cordons can't resist a chunk of termites so it's quite easy.

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My $50 aviary and my birds! (Lotsa Pics)

how to catch a bird