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| 91.1 | Printer Paper | NYFS01::CHERYL | Cheryl McGinty | Mon Jan 09 1989 10:57 | 8 |
| I use the separator sheets from my printer (blank paper). Why throw
them out?
I have used Corn cobb, but with 4 cages, decided that I didn't like
the smell in the room. (I have finches).
cheryl
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| 91.2 | Bottom grate+deep catch pan=clean | CSC32::K_WORKMAN | Hand picked by Juan Valdez | Mon Jan 09 1989 12:07 | 7 |
| My cages all have metal grates and then under that a two inch deep
catch pan. I put newspaper in the catch pan. Two inches is fairly
deep. None of my birds can get their beaks that far down to grab
the paper or any other nasty's for that matter. Yes, changing the
paper occurs daily as well as a little wipe with a bleach water solution
on the grate. It's a chore, but I know their environment is pretty
bacteria free.
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| 91.3 | CAGE BOTTOM GRATE AND CORN COB | SVCRUS::BUCCIERI | | Mon Jan 09 1989 21:59 | 7 |
| A cage with a grate and a deep bottom is very good. All my birds
are in this type of cage and I use corn cob as well. The corn cob
is absorbent and the finer cob look good as well. I do however
clean the cages completely about every other day to reduce the
possibility of having any bacteria problems. I hope this helps.
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| 91.4 | newspaper fan | HSK01::KORVENRANTA | | Tue Jan 10 1989 05:29 | 6 |
| 91.5 | | FSTTOO::WIMMER | | Tue Jan 10 1989 15:19 | 9 |
| In a previous note, several people mentioned they didn't use he
bottom grates due to them just collecting stuff. The reason I am
concerned about bottom covering.....I had to take the grate out
of the cage as the baby cockatiels were falling through it (I think
the spaces are too big OR they just don't know how to navigate it).
I was afraid one of them would break a leg. Since they were hand
fed, they are used to scrounging around the bottom like they did
during the weaning process, so they spend a lot of time there.
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| 91.6 | | 3D::PIERCE | | Tue Jan 10 1989 16:51 | 13 |
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As I find it all birds are diffrent. I suggust you find what works
good for you and your bird and stick with it. I dont like paper
and I love the ceder chips (but Reggie hates them and he wont go
down to the bottom of his cage if there is ceder chips) so we use
the cord-cob. When we clean the cage he runs down and rolls in
the corn-cob, and he eats it to. I do keep the grate in the cage
otherwise he would be rolling in the cob all day long..so I have
to padlock his grate in and his food dishes...
I hope you find the one you and your bird will agree on
LKP
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| 91.7 | FWIW | SBLANC::MOEHLENPAH | | Wed Jan 11 1989 18:35 | 6 |
| For little baby birds (or at least mine) I used oatmeal, and changed it
twice a day. The oatmeal soaked up stuff, and if they ingested it, it
wouldn't harm my baby.
Ed
FWIW
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| 91.8 | unprinted news print | SVCRUS::KROLL | | Tue Jan 17 1989 20:47 | 7 |
| I use the unprinted newsprint sold by the moving companies. It
comes in 25 lb bundles costing about $12.50. I put 2 sheets directly
on the bottom of the cages and all my birds walk on it. My pionus
is the only one who messes it up by getting under it to play. also
lately he likes to tear strips off the edges.
maybe max is a maxine?
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| 91.9 | what if they eat it? | FSTTOO::WIMMER | | Mon Jan 23 1989 11:16 | 7 |
| I tried corn cob in the cage bottoms this week. The cockatiels
seem to be trying to eat some of it....is this a problem??? I like
the appearance and it seems easier than trying to fold newspaper
in all kinds of weird sizes to fit the cage bottoms, but want to
make sure it's not going to hurt them. I tried putting the grate
back in the bottom, but they still fall through.
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| 91.10 | MINE EAT IT AND ARE STILL HEALTHY | SVCRUS::BUCCIERI | | Mon Jan 23 1989 21:04 | 13 |
| RE: .9
My birds have a tendency of trying to eat the stuff, especially
my cockatiel and budgie. I have not seen them harmed by it and
most people that I have spoken with did not seem too concerned
about it either. I do however, change the corn cob frequently
which reduces the the possibility of them ingesting their own
feces. I do use the grates however. A suggestion may be to have
custom grates made that prevent you birds from falling through.
I haven't experienced that problem myself.
Jim Buccieri
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| 91.11 | | ALCTRZ::BROOKS_DO | | Mon Jan 30 1989 18:20 | 6 |
| I was using ground up walnut shells after I found out
that grit was not healthy but I found those lovley grain
weavel sp? and now i am just putting paper towels (with
no pattern on them) on the bottom.
Donna
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| 91.12 | grey tale | GIAENG::PULSIFER | Doug Pulsifer 296-3332 | Mon Feb 06 1989 14:02 | 14 |
| 91.13 | | WITNES::HANNULA | Round Up the Usual Suspects | Tue Feb 07 1989 12:20 | 5 |
| I use the "Money Savings coupons" out of the sunday paper, since
they are the perfect size to fit in my tray.
I like the idea of the printer paper. However, I only have a laser
printer so I don't get much throwaway paper.
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| 91.14 | | FSTTOO::WIMMER | | Tue Feb 07 1989 13:41 | 2 |
| Isn't the colored ink in those toxic?
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| 91.15 | | CSC32::K_WORKMAN | Hand picked by Juan Valdez | Tue Feb 07 1989 14:04 | 2 |
| Anybody tried butcher paper? You can get it in roles for real
cheap out here and it would pert-near last you forever.
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| 91.16 | | WITNES::HANNULA | Cat Tails & Bike Wheels Don't Mix | Tue Feb 07 1989 18:38 | 12 |
| Re .14 - Colored ink
a - There is a grate at the bottom of the cage, so the birds are
at least an inch away from the paper in the bottom.
b - I've been doing this for years so far, and the birds haven't
had any reaction.
c - I've never seen H&G try to eat the stuff since they can't get
at it.
-Nancy
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| 91.17 | Hoping my baby survives. | HYEND::C_DENOPOULOS | The vay you valk is fonny.... | Mon Oct 21 1991 16:06 | 23 |
| Seems there hasn't been much discussion on this topic for awhile.
Regarding corn cob, don't use it for babies. We have (had) it in the
bottom of the bins that our 2 to 3 week old cockatiels are in. The
youngest swallowed some. We saw it swallow 2, but the crop feels like
more. Now it barely eats and is lathargic(sp). According to the pet
store and the vet, we shouldn't have used corn cob for babies. It
tends to absord water and swell. It could dehydrate the baby by
absorbing the water from the body. It could also clog the intestinal
track. We have to keep a close I on it now to make sure it's passing
stools. The impression I got was with adults birds, they can pass the
stuff with no problem, and wouldn't bother eating it anyway. But, for
us, it's no more corn cob. We'll use paper towels until they are old
enough to go into a cage, then paper.
regarding the paper: We went to a paper outlet store and bought a roll
of 4" wide, MEGA long paper. We've had the roll for 3 years, covered
every floor in our house with it at least twice, used it for heavy duty
wrapping, and used it for bird cage bottoms and we're not even near
half ways thru it. It's brown and at least as thick as the store
bought cage bottom brown paper. Don't quote me now, but I think I paid
$20.00 for this roll.
Chris D.
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| 91.18 | cat litter? | ODIXIE::HAYS | | Thu Jan 13 1994 22:30 | 15 |
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I noticed that nobody mentioned cat litter. I've used it for 10 years
with no problems. My smaller birds, parakeets, cocketiels, lovebirds
and conure don't have a bottom grid to their cage and they have never
tried eating it. I also have it in my yellow nape cage. My larger
guys, Macaws, have it in their cages but they have a grid. Cat litter
has worked wonderful for us. All we do each day is take a "pooper
scooper" and lift out their droppings and only change it when it's
necessary.
I do want to stress that I never used litter when my birds were young.
They are just like children, everything goes into their mouths.
lori
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