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New Flight

Post by LittleWings » Sun Aug 26, 2012 7:30 pm

Just wanted to share a photo of my newest flight cage. This was a snake cage that I converted to house my owls and parrot finch, since they love to fly so much :) I also have my male gouldian in their temporarily while he goes through his molt. Its 6' x 2' x 2'
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Re: New Flight

Post by Sally » Sun Aug 26, 2012 7:33 pm

Nice, that is a great length for them to exercise their wings, congrats!
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Re: New Flight

Post by cindy » Sun Aug 26, 2012 8:10 pm

I like it, very creative!!

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Re: New Flight

Post by Lisa » Sun Aug 26, 2012 8:59 pm

Looks really nice =D>

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Re: New Flight

Post by DanteD716 » Mon Aug 27, 2012 1:42 am

Very nice!
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Re: New Flight

Post by debbie276 » Mon Aug 27, 2012 5:35 am

Very clever and nice.
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Re: New Flight

Post by wilkifam » Mon Aug 27, 2012 11:20 am

Very nice. Are those Puppy pads in the bottom?
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Re: New Flight

Post by Foosa101 » Mon Aug 27, 2012 12:02 pm

Very creative and it looks great!

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Re: New Flight

Post by wellingtoncdm » Mon Aug 27, 2012 12:13 pm

Great cage!

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Re: New Flight

Post by DanteD716 » Mon Aug 27, 2012 1:11 pm

wilkifam wrote: Very nice. Are those Puppy pads in the bottom?
I didnt even notice them, good eye! I wonder if they are too, I amgaine those would be great for an aviary floor!
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Re: New Flight

Post by Dayna » Mon Aug 27, 2012 1:56 pm

DanteD716 wrote:
wilkifam wrote: Very nice. Are those Puppy pads in the bottom?
I didnt even notice them, good eye! I wonder if they are too, I amgaine those would be great for an aviary floor!
Omg puppy pads! What a great idea!! I love it lol. Love the cage design too. Very creative!
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Re: New Flight

Post by DanteD716 » Mon Aug 27, 2012 2:03 pm

Dayna, isn't it?? They absorb water, and dry. They will cling to the seed hulls and droppings, and once one gets to dirty it can easily be changed!
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Re: New Flight

Post by LittleWings » Mon Aug 27, 2012 11:00 pm

Dayna wrote:
DanteD716 wrote:
wilkifam wrote: Very nice. Are those Puppy pads in the bottom?
I didnt even notice them, good eye! I wonder if they are too, I amgaine those would be great for an aviary floor!
Omg puppy pads! What a great idea!! I love it lol. Love the cage design too. Very creative!
Yes their puppy pads! I use them in all my cages, they work great and I think they look nicer than newspaper. :D

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Re: New Flight

Post by LittleWings » Mon Aug 27, 2012 11:11 pm

Their also called "incontinence pads" same thing, and you can get them in different sizes. The ones shown in this cage are small I need to get some bigger ones.

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Re: New Flight

Post by Dayna » Mon Aug 27, 2012 11:24 pm

Well I know what I'm buying next time I go to petsmart :lol: I love how it would hold the seed hulls better than paper. My only worry with it is if my birds were on the floor (which they tend to like doing a lot) would they get their nails caught in it? Have you had any problems with that? I think you would really have to be careful about that...
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