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Post by luvsanimals2 on Feb 23, 2014 17:07:57 GMT
I was thinking, to help me clean less lol, of putting something on the sides of the cage to prevent the veggies of being flung towards the wall/floor. I was thinking of something like a plastic sheet of some time and probably tie it to the side of the cage? and possible keeping the sound down too lol
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Post by lisamarie on Feb 23, 2014 17:19:38 GMT
Funny because I was taking a nap before and I kept hearing Lucy drop pellets one by one onto the floor -_-
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Post by kmic on Feb 23, 2014 18:33:50 GMT
I used to have one around the food containers, now I decided that I prefer cleaning the floor everyday (which I still had to) rather than having to clean the floor and the shield. Honestly mine didn't make too much of a difference, it was homemade - plastic cut in such a way that it covers all the cage around the food containers - and the plastic was getting old and I just didn't like it so I threw it out a month or so ago.
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Post by luvsanimals2 on Feb 23, 2014 19:01:40 GMT
hm, i may even put the plastic thing on the floor, the veggies/poo sticks to the tile and it took me over an hour to clean the tile of 3 feet by 2 feet lol
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Post by dianapalmer on Feb 23, 2014 19:46:40 GMT
I'd suggest newspaper or newsprint for the floor. Then, just throw it away every day or so.
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Post by Pammy on Feb 23, 2014 22:13:27 GMT
I remember when Diana once made a comment about simplifying chores by cleaning one thing rather than cleaning two things. I agree that I'd rather just clean the floor and walls than have to clean them anyways, plus some form of shield.
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Post by dianapalmer on Feb 23, 2014 22:20:14 GMT
It's so nice to know I said something that was memorable LOL.
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Post by Pammy on Feb 23, 2014 22:35:54 GMT
You say lots of wise things that I try to remember. That business about having to clean only one thing rather than two (for the same purpose) is only one of the things that has stuck with me.  |
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Post by luvsanimals2 on Feb 24, 2014 20:37:48 GMT
well, im hoping the one thing would just be the shield. im sure it will take less time and i can clean that once a week with my other cleaning lol
i put the veggies on the plate on the bottom of the cage to see if that helps or not. i dont think they have flung it around yet. hmm
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Post by kmic on Feb 24, 2014 20:41:34 GMT
For some reason my budgies just refuse to eat from the bottom of the cage. To prove my point I once placed a whole spray of millet at the bottom right after I cleaned the cage. They refused to touch it! Placing fruit down there will surely help reduce the mess!
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Post by Pammy on Feb 24, 2014 21:02:03 GMT
I hope the shield works well for you, Luvs! Yes, the lower you can place your food in the cage, the less the little piggies are able to fling it all around. Unfortunately, I have found that with having five birds in my cage (no matter how big it is) keeping the food low down increases the chances of finding poop in the food. YUCK!! I have moved my food high. Pellets and seeds are in feeding dishes quite high in the cage, and their human little kid-sized plate of veggies sits on top of the cage. The little angels continue to drop their green beans down, down, down through the cage bars.  |
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Post by luvsanimals2 on Feb 24, 2014 23:24:00 GMT
ha ha, have you tried to blend them together? this cuts down the mess for me.
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Post by santinoandmondo on Feb 25, 2014 12:18:21 GMT
Luvs, When we first got the birds, I bought plastic tablecloth sheeting (flexible clear plastic easily trimmed with shears purchased from a fabric store) and put it under their cage stand. I found that it caught stuff fairly well and it was easy to clean. I also had trimmed pieces of it to go around the entire cage, just below their food/water bowls. We stopped using it when winter came and I had to move the cage across the room to be away from the windows. Now we just have the plastic around the cage and and old tablecloth under the cage to catch the stuff that would otherwise fly out from the cage behind the low bookcase their cage sits on. The tablecloth edge also comes come enough to cover the shelf of bird care items - portable vac, assorted toys, bath, etc. I must say that changing their diet over from seeds to mostly pellet has greatly reduced the mess that used to surround their domicile. I did try veggies on a plate but it wasn't attractive enough as I had not removed their main source of food. And the plate at the bottom of the cage was like a poop target, even if only one bird was in the cage. It was awful to clean too. Oh, both Santino and Mondo stayed overnight in the same cage. Little Mondo followed Santino into the bigger cage after their flight time. Maybe Santino's crazy hormones are finally settling down. We'll see how the morning after goes today. That's always the tough part  . Santino (during her egg laying frenzy) invariably chases Mondo around the cage so much that we have to separate them again. And they end up sitting as close as possible to each other on their respective high perches, cage to cage (vs cheek to cheek). They have never preened each other or sat close up on the same perch. It's still very quiet under the covers though this morning. Usually I hear one of them moving around but need to keep the covers on for another hour or so. The vet said we need at least 14 hours of darkness to help get Santino out of breeding condition. |
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Post by bree1818 on Feb 25, 2014 12:44:35 GMT
I went and bought one of those stair runners - the plastic with little spikes on the bottom. It's very effective to catch everything that Shasta deems fit to fling out of his cage lol.
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Post by luvsanimals2 on Feb 25, 2014 14:30:19 GMT
hm, you think a shower curtain would do?
has she stopped layin santino?
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. Santino (during her egg laying frenzy) invariably chases Mondo around the cage so much that we have to separate them again. And they end up sitting as close as possible to each other on their respective high perches, cage to cage (vs cheek to cheek). They have never preened each other or sat close up on the same perch. It's still very quiet under the covers though this morning. Usually I hear one of them moving around but need to keep the covers on for another hour or so. The vet said we need at least 14 hours of darkness to help get Santino out of breeding condition.
