stewartw@cognos.UUCP (Stewart Winter) (05/19/90)
In article <1990May12.013420.25464@athena.mit.edu> aviator@athena.mit.edu (Joakim Karlsson) writes: >Hi there...after much sweat, toil and hours of frustration, I have finally >completed my homemade cocatiel cage - from 3/4" hardware cloth and pine wood. >I even made perches. Does anyone have any cautions or suggestions as far >as the cage and the new bird, hazards I should watch for? That sounds like you probably did a good job. There are easier ways to jig up a cage for cockatiels, but it wouldn't look as good. Here is a tip that we have used quite a bit: when cutting holes in a cage for a nest box entrance or a place to get newspaper in or out, you can hide any sharp edges from the bird by putting car door trim around the edge. This stuff is long thin folded-over coloured vinyl that you can just cut to the size you need and wrap (jam) around the edge. Should be available at any automotive supply store (we use Canadian Tire). Stewart -- Stewart Winter Cognos Incorporated S-mail: P.O. Box 9707 VOICE: (613) 738-1338 x3830 FAX: (613) 738-0002 3755 Riverside Drive UUCP: uunet!cognos!stewartw Ottawa, Ontario "The bird for the day is .... derbyan parakeet." CANADA K1G 3Z4
aviator@athena.mit.edu (Joakim Karlsson) (05/26/90)
Just to let everyone know - I *thought* about the chewing part before I
built the cage and so covered it all with wire by making the wire be
on the inside of the cage, no surface is available to chew...:)
Karen
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------mary@dinorah.wustl.edu (Mary E. Leibach) (05/31/90)
[I posted this a while back, but the poster was broken.] bjb@ncrorl.Orlando.NCR.COM (Barbara Bowen) writes: >Oh, for macaws & cockatoos, be sure to use wire that >is galvanized AFTER welding. Try to get it for ANY parrot. Wire that has been welded last is covered with icky char. About the best way to clean it is with a dry cloth. You rub and rub and rub and rub and rub and rub and rub and rub and rub and rub and rub and rub and rub and rub and rub and rub and RUB. Then you put your bird in it, and shortly the bird has turned black from climbing around on it. While this may sound like a great way to dress up your cockatoo as a Black Palm Cockatoo for the school play to dramatize the evils of bird smuggling (BOO! HISS!), it is hardly something you want to deal with on a daily basis. Particularly when the bird in question thinks bird baths are food and water dishes. ;-) Just for everyone's info, Safeguard cages are galvanized BEFORE welding. Dumb idea, but somebody has to do it. -Mary and Blake's Birds Blake's Birds Views (on water and bathing) Cally: I like to wade. I will hop into the bird bath and just sit in the water. I enjoy water being sprinkled or sprayed on me. And I love to take cereal baths. "Peekaboo!" Vila: I love water. Any kind but the spray bottle. I play in my water dishes, I bath in any size body of water. I am fascinated by running water. The sound of a vacume sweeper makes me want to throw water around. I also enjoy taking "hair baths" in Mary's hair. "Pretty!" Blakey: I don't know what the big deal is. Water is for drinking. Period. And I don't drink all that much water. Though I do like playing with my mirror friend at the bottom of my water dish (bird bath). "Hi, Blakey!" Del: I like baths. Dayna: I enjoy baths as much as Del. However, I do not understand what all the fuss is about when I use my dishes as toilets.