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- Jul 25, 2014
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- Parrots
- Budgerigar: Arrow, Esther, Kratos, Cora, Ducky.
Lovebird: Izzy, Gizmo.
So after 7 hours and turning this cage building into a giant family operation, we finally finished!
In total honesty, this was WAY too frustrating for me and felt impossible to finish. Mostly because of the lack of instructions in the first place then the really basic and general and pretty much unreadable online instructions...
My only issue was that some of the holes were too small for the screws and other pieces had already been chipped away but those were really minor things.
The end result was pretty satisfying and totally worth it though!!!!
Was expecting it to be done in three hours, but at least they had time to go soak up some sun and fresh wind for a few hours!
The final set up! (Will try get a better and much much much clearer picture tomorrow) They look so tiny in there, I love it!
The paper towel is only there because the top piece wouldn't fit with the screws so I had to zip tie it into place and cover it.
And of course, the first place they decide to go is where all the food is.
The left half of the cage is mostly toys and foraging items
And Ravensgryf, I left the middle open since I'm thinking of making them sleep on the left side --- so it'll be safer in case of night frights
The left side is pretty much the eating side, and hopefully where they decide to sleep
They've spent the last 4 hours flying back and forth so they're finally settling down. I'm beyond happy that Arrow and Esther are starting to get more adventurous by foraging and going on swings (which they've never done before).
[[And because I don't want to keep adding threads, I'll put this here]]
But I'm pretty worried about Arrow now that Esther declared Ducky as his mate and just kicked Arrow out. About two weeks ago, she would allow me to grab her (to transport her into the travel cage) and has been looking down a lot. Just tonight, Ducky started picking at her to get off of the rounded swing, and she's been avoiding the birds quite a lot now. I'm thinking it's because of the uneven flock number (5), and I've been pondering whether or not I shook take the 50/50 and add in another male to hopefully bond with her since everyone else has "someone". I'm still looking at what to do, but any suggestions would be great.
In total honesty, this was WAY too frustrating for me and felt impossible to finish. Mostly because of the lack of instructions in the first place then the really basic and general and pretty much unreadable online instructions...
My only issue was that some of the holes were too small for the screws and other pieces had already been chipped away but those were really minor things.
The end result was pretty satisfying and totally worth it though!!!!
Was expecting it to be done in three hours, but at least they had time to go soak up some sun and fresh wind for a few hours!
The final set up! (Will try get a better and much much much clearer picture tomorrow) They look so tiny in there, I love it!
The paper towel is only there because the top piece wouldn't fit with the screws so I had to zip tie it into place and cover it.
And of course, the first place they decide to go is where all the food is.
The left half of the cage is mostly toys and foraging items
And Ravensgryf, I left the middle open since I'm thinking of making them sleep on the left side --- so it'll be safer in case of night frights
The left side is pretty much the eating side, and hopefully where they decide to sleep
They've spent the last 4 hours flying back and forth so they're finally settling down. I'm beyond happy that Arrow and Esther are starting to get more adventurous by foraging and going on swings (which they've never done before).
[[And because I don't want to keep adding threads, I'll put this here]]
But I'm pretty worried about Arrow now that Esther declared Ducky as his mate and just kicked Arrow out. About two weeks ago, she would allow me to grab her (to transport her into the travel cage) and has been looking down a lot. Just tonight, Ducky started picking at her to get off of the rounded swing, and she's been avoiding the birds quite a lot now. I'm thinking it's because of the uneven flock number (5), and I've been pondering whether or not I shook take the 50/50 and add in another male to hopefully bond with her since everyone else has "someone". I'm still looking at what to do, but any suggestions would be great.
