Re: My Flight Cage
Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2018 2:35 pm
Changed from live plants to fake ones since I probably won't be able to frequently replace them anymore (now in apartment for college).
I got a new hexagonal cage. We sanded and painted it before noticing that the bars near the edges were spaced far enough apart for the birds to escape. Fortunately, window screen and zip ties seem to have fixed that. It looks crowded in the photo, but the plants are mainly across the back so they still have room to fly.
I just moved Summer, Floopy, and Morty to it, and while they are screaming a bit, they aren't as upset as I thought they would be. I'll put a nest box or cup in before too long, and will probably give them Macbeth's and Tacocat's next clutch to foster. I changed the inside of the flight cage quite a bit. The tarp has been replaced with a new one which is now held down with trim; this should make dirt much easier to remove from the edges. I put three dividers in the hopper feeder and put black oil sunflower on one side, canary seed on another, and white proso millet on the remaining two. There are now two main clusters of plants, and the branches are away from the sides so the ledges hopefully don't get as soiled. I also put the water dish in a new clay pot and propped it up on another pot a fake orchid was in; the cover will probably need re-engineering.
Macbeth and Tacocat are in it, and both of them got in the nest box within a couple of minutes. I think I'll block it off for a couple of weeks before I attempt to breed them.
I got a new hexagonal cage. We sanded and painted it before noticing that the bars near the edges were spaced far enough apart for the birds to escape. Fortunately, window screen and zip ties seem to have fixed that. It looks crowded in the photo, but the plants are mainly across the back so they still have room to fly.
I just moved Summer, Floopy, and Morty to it, and while they are screaming a bit, they aren't as upset as I thought they would be. I'll put a nest box or cup in before too long, and will probably give them Macbeth's and Tacocat's next clutch to foster. I changed the inside of the flight cage quite a bit. The tarp has been replaced with a new one which is now held down with trim; this should make dirt much easier to remove from the edges. I put three dividers in the hopper feeder and put black oil sunflower on one side, canary seed on another, and white proso millet on the remaining two. There are now two main clusters of plants, and the branches are away from the sides so the ledges hopefully don't get as soiled. I also put the water dish in a new clay pot and propped it up on another pot a fake orchid was in; the cover will probably need re-engineering.
Macbeth and Tacocat are in it, and both of them got in the nest box within a couple of minutes. I think I'll block it off for a couple of weeks before I attempt to breed them.