ReggieDunlop
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- Aug 3, 2014
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Forgive me for such a long post, but I want to square away several issues prior to moving from my current apartment, so thank you to all who read an answer these questions!
As we all know, maintaining the safety of our birds in our homes as well as the cleanliness of our homes is a never-ending process, so since I will be moving to a new apartment in December of 2014, I want to make sure I prepare the apartments for both of the aforementioned aspects, safety and cleanliness.
My Birds: a 5 year old cockatiel, and a 3 year old African Congo Grey
In terms of safety, for what should I look on move-in day prior to letting my birds out of their carriers?
Again, in terms of safety, how could I protect wires? I have a lot of electronic devices, and I will also be setting up a home theater system, so how to I protect my birds (my cockatiel loves wires) as well as protect damage to my equipment?
In terms of comfort, how can I make their transition to the new apartments as comfortable as possible?
In terms of cleanliness, I have a few questions:
1) How can I prepare the cage area to minimize the messes that occur while they are inside their cages? Anyone have any cool set-ups for that?
2) How can I avoid messes in corner and other hard to get areas?
3) I will be purchasing a new couch for the new apartment, my old furniture was ruined by my birds (it was my first set, and it was discount furniture, so I didn't get too annoyed, but I let the damage go too long), so how can I make sure that I can maintain my new couch as long as possible?
4) My grey will stay on his perch (keeping the perch area clean will help too), but my cockatiel is either on me or walking on the floor, so that's a problem in itself.
In terms of the general apartment environment:
Is adding additional perches a good idea?
Any other material that they would like?
Is there anything I could place in the apartment to keep the cockatiel out of mischief?
Are there any safe plants for an apartment?
Anything else?
Again, I want to give a big thanks to all those who can provide some advice!
As we all know, maintaining the safety of our birds in our homes as well as the cleanliness of our homes is a never-ending process, so since I will be moving to a new apartment in December of 2014, I want to make sure I prepare the apartments for both of the aforementioned aspects, safety and cleanliness.
My Birds: a 5 year old cockatiel, and a 3 year old African Congo Grey
In terms of safety, for what should I look on move-in day prior to letting my birds out of their carriers?
Again, in terms of safety, how could I protect wires? I have a lot of electronic devices, and I will also be setting up a home theater system, so how to I protect my birds (my cockatiel loves wires) as well as protect damage to my equipment?
In terms of comfort, how can I make their transition to the new apartments as comfortable as possible?
In terms of cleanliness, I have a few questions:
1) How can I prepare the cage area to minimize the messes that occur while they are inside their cages? Anyone have any cool set-ups for that?
2) How can I avoid messes in corner and other hard to get areas?
3) I will be purchasing a new couch for the new apartment, my old furniture was ruined by my birds (it was my first set, and it was discount furniture, so I didn't get too annoyed, but I let the damage go too long), so how can I make sure that I can maintain my new couch as long as possible?
4) My grey will stay on his perch (keeping the perch area clean will help too), but my cockatiel is either on me or walking on the floor, so that's a problem in itself.
In terms of the general apartment environment:
Is adding additional perches a good idea?
Any other material that they would like?
Is there anything I could place in the apartment to keep the cockatiel out of mischief?
Are there any safe plants for an apartment?
Anything else?
Again, I want to give a big thanks to all those who can provide some advice!