live plants in an aviary

[finchboiuk]

i have looked on the internet and the only answer i can find is dont bother they destroy them well i dont care what trees/shrubs can i put in my canaries aviary and what can i put in with my zebras and bengalese i want something they can destroy and will enjoy also do they have to be in a certain compost and will anything they put on them harm them?

[Justin-2-finches]

Zebra's and bengalese don't really destroy plants. But canaries really do, very quickly, and will strip any thing you put in really.
So the bigger the plant the better. There are loads you can use really. I have conifer and a maple tree in my avairy which they love playing in. On the floor i have loads of grasses which they like to use as nesting material too.
But i don't keep canaries any more so my plants grow ok.

Another thing i do is have a big pot and cover it with wire, then sprinkle salad seeds in it, so when the seeds grow they can eat the salad but only as far as the wire, that way the salad can keep growing back, otherwise they would just eat it to the floor.

Canaries can be a pain with plants, when i had them they ate whatever i put in, but if they had a constant supply of juicy salad leaves or chick weed etc may be that would pre occupy them from eating the other plants.

[finchboiuk]

thanks for now i have decided to cut branches off out like 20 20 foot conifer tress and out them in a pot

[Justin-2-finches]

I was gonna suggest that too. I have screwed loads of branches to the back of my avairy and i stuff loads of cuttings from conifers and pine trees between the branches. They stay green for quite a long time and the birds love playing in it, they nest in it too. Then when it is all dead and brown just take it out and renew. Easy

[dfcauley]

I take branches with the leaves and cut them and hang them from the ceiling with a hook. They have a blast in them. Then I replace them about every two weeks. When I put fresh branches in they go crazy. When I plant in a pot I use organic soil. They love digging around in it.....

[Danyl]

I think this might help you

http://www.finchniche.com/a-aviaryplants.php