Height necessary?

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Re: Height necessary?

Post by chirpy » Tue Jun 18, 2013 3:14 pm

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I don't think you mentioned that they like height :D thats great to hear! my Tiel had a HIGH cage and not so wide.. I hated how hook bill cages were like that ALL THE TIME (well most of the time).. :(
I am excited too! I just have to keep my brother in law interested in doing this lol cause if he wanders off a project he is prone to just leave it unattended for months. He has been doing his master bedroom for over a year now ... but he redid his bathroom (the whole thing, breaking the tile etc) and did that in 3 days - but again, leaving the master lol.
IF my babies, ... have babies, I am going to keep them. UNLESS they have 9 or a freak amount then I will have to let them go... :( but I am hoping they only really have 4 max [-o< so I can keep them all. I really would like my ones in their homes before they actually start doing things like have babies.. but once they have these babies I dont really know what I would do.. hmm... give them to family and friends.. then they soon will have a lot LOL.
I just google mapped how far your sister is from mine and its one hour 30... :) so perhaps one day we can trade babies for sure! We rent right now so when we buy a house I am looking to move to IN, border CHI so that we can take full advantage of IN safety, pretty and BIG houses etc LOWER TAXES! we are still a young couple with a 2 year old ... so its been a bit tight $ wise :roll:
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1 Black and white cat: Poker (aka Pokes, Pokey)
1 Ball Python: Riff (aka Hawk-eye)
1 Lutino Cockatiel: Stewie (RIP! I love you <3)
1 Avid rib eating sports fanatic.
1 Accident prone 2 year old daughter.

1st clutch: 07/04/2013 - 4/6 fertile 1/4 DIS.
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Re: Height necessary?

Post by chirpy » Tue Jun 18, 2013 3:16 pm

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Sounds good then :) I will have height too. I was thinking it might look a bit silly to have him build a nice cage.. and only have it wide and not very tall. I guess they will have more things to do when it is bigger :)

I will have a whole fair ground on the bottom for them hah!
Mommy to:
2 Soc's: Bebop (Roseanne cause she's a big girl!) & Rocksteady
1 Black and white cat: Poker (aka Pokes, Pokey)
1 Ball Python: Riff (aka Hawk-eye)
1 Lutino Cockatiel: Stewie (RIP! I love you <3)
1 Avid rib eating sports fanatic.
1 Accident prone 2 year old daughter.

1st clutch: 07/04/2013 - 4/6 fertile 1/4 DIS.
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Re: Height necessary?

Post by mayble » Tue Jun 18, 2013 4:04 pm

Of course, if it's nice and tall you always have the option of dividing it horizontally into two cages - then you can have twice as many birds!
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Re: Height necessary?

Post by chirpy » Tue Jun 18, 2013 4:32 pm

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OH, How I love your thinking! (I can just see the utter *JOY* on my husbands face 8) )
Mommy to:
2 Soc's: Bebop (Roseanne cause she's a big girl!) & Rocksteady
1 Black and white cat: Poker (aka Pokes, Pokey)
1 Ball Python: Riff (aka Hawk-eye)
1 Lutino Cockatiel: Stewie (RIP! I love you <3)
1 Avid rib eating sports fanatic.
1 Accident prone 2 year old daughter.

1st clutch: 07/04/2013 - 4/6 fertile 1/4 DIS.
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Re: Height necessary?

Post by Zebrafincher » Wed Jun 19, 2013 12:28 am

The more space the better with birds. I have the original cage my canary Kevin grew up in and its SOOOOO small! He's so much happier in a flight cage, as are my star finch, Merl, and my Zebbie, Beaky! They all free fly around the room, and very much enjoy it!
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Re: Height necessary?

Post by chirpy » Wed Jun 19, 2013 12:45 am

Zebrafincher thank you the contribution :D I wish I could let them be free but with a car that's not very likely. And if it was OK with a 2 year old its highly unlikely. Though they are not intimidated by her as much as they are with me :( I guess it's cause she just watches them and her hands don't go in. Though I caught her trying to wedge in their bird bath when I was getting things ready lol she means good. And feeding the hay through their cage cause the floor is "messy".
More room te merrier ;)
Mommy to:
2 Soc's: Bebop (Roseanne cause she's a big girl!) & Rocksteady
1 Black and white cat: Poker (aka Pokes, Pokey)
1 Ball Python: Riff (aka Hawk-eye)
1 Lutino Cockatiel: Stewie (RIP! I love you <3)
1 Avid rib eating sports fanatic.
1 Accident prone 2 year old daughter.

1st clutch: 07/04/2013 - 4/6 fertile 1/4 DIS.
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Re: Height necessary?

Post by Zebrafincher » Wed Jun 19, 2013 1:15 am

I've had Kevin (my canary) for 10 years +, and he's used to coming out. The others sometimes needs some encouragement to come out. I fly them in a back room, which is not huge, but enough to let them rev around. I use the top of the old cage with a perch in it, to get them back in., though most of the time, they can get back in themselves!
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Re: Height necessary?

Post by wildbill » Wed Jun 19, 2013 1:51 am

easy answer here. birds usually fly straight ahead and not side ways lol
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