Dam Bird is Stealing My Supper

[philip]

That's great.
Remember, dinner is just dinner. I wouldn't start complaining until she starts smoking your tobacco.

 

[jchaplick]

MY dog wishes he could do that.

 

[nsfisher]

Birds are a bit of a chore to clean up after, even our smaller one. He leans out of the cage and poops on the floor at least daily. If you don't get it right away, it gets hard as concrete and can be a task to clean up. We never figured out whey he leans out, but guess he doesn't want to poop where he sleeps! I take apart and clean the cage weekly, adding fresh bedding, that takes about 25 minutes or so.

Same situation here mate. Lucy will poop on your shoulder and then do the "sideways shuffle", so that she isn't standing near it. We take here cage outdoors every Sunday and clean and disenfect it. Toys and perches included. Takes about half an hour.

 

[ssjones]

I get Steve's food and bedding from this place in New Jersey, billed as the Worlds Largest Bird store. I travel near there and stop in every few months. Oh the last visit, they had over 1,000 birds in stock. Amazing to see all varities of exotic birds. One of these years I'll make the upcoming "Parrot-Palooza" event. I buy the "Ultimate Mix" food for small conures.
http://www.mybirdstore.com/
I use this bedding:

http://www.mybirdstore.com/BEDDING-CareFRESH_Confetti_50_Liter.html

http://www.mybirdstore.com/med-img-confetti.jpg
All the birds here are also loose and free to roam their open stands, etc. It's a little intimidating when a large Amazon jumps on your shoulder......

 

[nsfisher]

We use news paper to line the bottom of her cage, it is under a grate so she can't get at it. We use pellets for her main food and mix it 60/40 with nuts, fruit, seeds, raisens etc. She eats alot of fresh fruit and vegies as well. Loves ppl food such as plain pasta, oatmeal etc. We built a play gym out of a wooden clothes rack so she has lots of climbing area. Only in her cage when we are gone and at night. Still breaking of the snippy attitude. We think she was ignored alot by previous owners so it is like starting from scratch. She has come a long way, huge leaps and bounds. When we first got her, we couldn't even go near the cage without her biting at us. Now she is lovable. However, she has now started to Molt.

 

[ssjones]

That bottom cage wire was a pain to clean, so we just ditched it. Stevie gets a little cranky when he molts, but he hasn't done that for a while.