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I'm thinking of building a nice flight cage (about 3'x5') for my finches, and I'm currently just starting to work out the details. I'd like to have the top portion of the cage mesh and the lower part plexiglass etc. I'm planning on several access doors at the bottom front of the cage that run the full length, giving me a way to clean the seed and poop from the floor inside. however, I realized that this limits cage depth to the distance I can comfortably reach in, which means not much larger than the flight I currently have (two 30x18x36 cages end-to-end). Kinda defeats the purpose!

So how do those of you with large cages keep them clean? I wanted to do linoleum tiles for the floor, easy to wipe clean, but not if I can't reach them! i also wanted to avoid trying to make a tray; I think that would be the most difficult part of building for me. Anybody have ideas, or tell me how you manage your flight? Thanks!

On this 6" x 3 " flight I use cardfresh bedding.(natural) The floor is ceramic tile and I just put the bedding on top. I use a shop vac to vaccum and then refill. When I change breeding pairs I will mop the floor underneath and refill with bedding... here is a post on that
http://finchforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=2 ... sh+bedding

Luckily, my bird's cage has a large bottom door. The only way I can thoroughly clean every corner of the cage is to reach in. I get my whole torso in there and try to work fast, all the time thinking, "please, oh please don't poop on my head".

Chichireeo wrote:Luckily, my bird's cage has a large bottom door. The only way I can thoroughly clean every corner of the cage is to reach in. I get my whole torso in there and try to work fast, all the time thinking, "please, oh please don't poop on my head".

LMAO!!! Too funny!

My cage is like that too. It's big, and I can get to it from both side doors, but to really get in the middle and clean it well, I have to get my upper body inside.

Please don't poop on me... LOL!

LOL , yeah don't know how many times i have reached into a cage and got pooped on, but i swear that some birds do it intentionaly and get a great deal of enjoyment out of it.

I like to use trays in my cages and have one cage that is 30" x 72" and has 4 seperate trays in it, which are made of plastic, i bought these from the ammermans in plant city florida, they are light weight and easy to clean, and are stackable also.

These plastic trays also have no sharp edges on them which is common on many of the metal trays out there, i do have some metal trays but i find i have to put the plastic door guard on the edges because they can be sharp--i only buy the plastic now.

It is also easy to fold newspaper up and put in these trays--i do all this to make my birds happy--but i still get pooped on once in awhile.