Pretty good deterrent for hulls/seeds/cage mess on floor

birdclaws · Post by **birdclaws** » Sat Apr 06, 2013 8:43 am

At ace hardware I bought a large roll of plastic that I lined a few of my cages with. I think it was a plastic drop cloth for painting, but is made of a thick plastic. It was easy to add to some of my smaller cages. I would love to find some cheap vinyl to line my larger flight cages.

Lisa · Post by **Lisa** » Sat Apr 06, 2013 8:47 am

Brian, are you using it as a full layer over the grate like Dolly did or are you just doing sort of a along the sidelines insert along the walls?

I am beside myself with bird seed messes! Not so worried about my bird room as I have terra cotta floors and they sweep up easily but my family room (yes, I'm branching out into a second room... my plan is take over the whole house .. j/k!) has hardwood floors and I worry not only about the seed but the mess they make when splashing in the baths and the oddball poop that ends up on the floor.

cindy · Post by **cindy** » Sat Apr 06, 2013 8:48 am

Brian, I have used that....WalMart has different thickness available...works great!!!!!

birdclaws · Post by **birdclaws** » Sat Apr 06, 2013 8:56 am

On the newer cage, I actually built up the bottom edges with the plastic cloth to help save some of the plastic mesh.

The other cages I have them hanging underneath the entire cage bottom and pinned up with paper clips on the back and two sides. Never thought of a way to cover the front and still be able to pull the tray out to change papers.

The best thing is that its fairly cheap to buy - I recall spending $10 and was able to do all my cages.

Finnie · Post by **Finnie** » Sat Apr 06, 2013 8:34 pm

Lisa wrote: (yes, I'm branching out into a second room... my plan is take over the whole house .. j/k!) .

Oh, this really made me laugh!

Tammy · Post by **Tammy** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 3:31 pm

great idea, much better than mine. I don't understand why companies don't make larger mesh guards for cages. I vacuum everyday. I will be using your idea. sounds great....-tammy

Toddmin · Post by **Toddmin** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 4:16 pm

I've had to vacuum around my cages 2-3 times a day, due to the seed hulls. I am going to be doing something like that soon!

finchandlovebird · Post by **finchandlovebird** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 5:55 pm

Well, I only vacuum once a week now when I clean my cages. I can't believe how great this works

$\:D/$

nick86 · Post by **nick86** » Sun Jul 07, 2013 10:57 pm

Great idea! I am going to try this

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Pretty good deterrent for hulls/seeds/cage mess on floor

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