Do you have an aviary?

dfcauley · Post by **dfcauley** » Tue Jun 01, 2010 7:04 am

Very, very nice! Where did you get that fountain? I love it!

Ursula · Post by **Ursula** » Tue Jun 01, 2010 8:58 am

Thanks, all!

I ordered the fountain online but I actually don't remember which site it was. The birds don't use it though, they still prefer the water dishes for bathing. But they seem to like the splashing noise. I have it on a timer and as soon as it comes on in the morning their singing gets louder.

Silvia · Post by **Silvia** » Sat Jun 26, 2010 6:47 am

Ursula wrote:Short movie of my aviary... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fcOau6XFV8

WOW amazing . Its bigger than my first apartment when I used to live in NY city .

Lovely birds.

Ursula · Post by **Ursula** » Sat Jun 26, 2010 11:58 am

Thanks, Silvia!

My first apartment when I was young wasn't much bigger either...

L in Ontario · Post by **L in Ontario** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 9:28 am

Super birdroom Ursula!!

It's giving me ideas!

Domenic · Post by **Domenic** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 3:57 pm

Ursula, how do you keep the finches and budgies out of the chick starter that you feed your quail? I'm a little concerned about that once I introduce my buttons to the aviary.

Ursula · Post by **Ursula** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 4:14 pm

Domenic, I have their crumbles in a shallow dish on the ground and I have never (in over 3 years) seen a finch or budgie eating from that dish or even just sitting on it. (They eat from the button's veggie tray that's also on the floor but never from the crumbles...) Maybe the crumbles don't look like food to the finches and budgies? In fact, the problem in the aviary is that the buttons themselvesrather eat anything but the crumbles and they are not supposed to only eat seed. However, they are crazy about anything insect tasting, so as a treat I sprinkle freeze dried mealworms or insect treat mix on the crumbles, then they eat more of them...

So don't worry about the food mix.

Just an afterthought: If your birds are on pellets instead of seed mix then I wouldn't be so sure that they would ignore it...

Ursula · Post by **Ursula** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 9:22 pm

Well, we changed the netting in front of the windows with bars. We had an "almost freak" accident with a budgie who got caught in the netting with one foot. Luckily it happened on a saturday and I saw him in time to rescue him. After that we decided that the netting has to go and we need something else to alert the birds to the big windows. We thought about window grids but didn't want to just glue something on, an it's expensive too. So we came up with the "bars" idea. We created them out of "dowel" sticks and L and T shaped pipe pieces. Hard to explain, see for yourself:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-kXQ32nbWw

The birds seem to love it, they hang out on the bars in groups and look out the windows. It's almost as if they are saying "why didn't you think of this earlier?"

B CAMP · Post by **B CAMP** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 9:34 pm

Makes a big difference

cindy · Post by **cindy** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 9:37 pm

Very nice Ursula...love all the the birds getting along. Love your parrotlets! Your window idea looks good. Glad you were there to help your parakeet.

Ursula · Post by **Ursula** » Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:20 am

cindy wrote:Very nice Ursula...love all the the birds getting along. Love your parrotlets! Your window idea looks good. Glad you were there to help your parakeet.

Thanks, Cindy! Yes, it was pretty scary. Silly thing was lucky too that her foot didn't break. It must have been sore, she favored it for a few days but was obviously fine.

My parrotlets are fun birds, I love them to pieces. Not that I don't love all my birds, but they are so much more interactive. How's your Louey doing ?

lovemyfinch · Post by **lovemyfinch** » Tue Jul 20, 2010 12:10 pm

Beautiful set-up Ursula

I love the windows like that.

Pukasand · Post by **Pukasand** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 10:27 am

Gaviota wrote:We do not have an aviary but we love to. We are moving soon and then we are going to have more space . If you have a sketch, photos or links that have ideas of aviaries and you would like to share we will appreciate it. Thanks.

VERY, VERY nice, Ursula. Very innovative and bird friendly. Good job!

This is the one I'm attempting, check out the site, click on the 'construction' link for a detailed 'how to'.

FINCHAVIARY.COM

Ursula · Post by **Ursula** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 12:57 pm

Thanks!

I've seen the site before. That's a nice one!

Can't wait to see your pictures, Judy!

Whiteout&Hummingbird · Post by **Whiteout&Hummingbird** » Sun Nov 21, 2010 12:02 am

Hey everyone, im still new to this forum and very late on the coconut part but I've given my Zebra finches the hairs on the coconuts and my male (WhiteOut) has just started using them to weave thru the wicker nest and finally starting today weave some inside the nest where I padded it down with 1in nesting strings so they don't get cought ... I've seen my birds from childhood get stuck in it when I was 9 and my grandma took the nest out and gently cut two parts and pulled the wicker section she cut off and released the birdies leg... the birdy didn't get injured I remember it was a Zebra finch but I can't remember if it was the male or female... but anyway, my male is weaving the hairs from the coconuts into the top of the nest (outside) and inside of the nest, its quite interesting because before he would never go into the nest only to annoy HummingBird when she wasn't paying attention to him.... I posted a thread about them in finch chat it sayd updated...pics....new finch parent or something like that, =)

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