Tidy Tips

[Hobs]

As newish bird owners we thought we would reach out to the masses and learn from your trial and error over the years! What is the best cleaning/ mess remediation tips and tricks you have come up with?

 

[wrench13]

We only feed dry foods to Salty when he is in his cage. Wet foods like chop he gets served to him on a free hanging boing/play chain. Cleaning up wet foods inside a cage is a tedious job! It also helps that he is not a flinger.

 

[wrench13]

Here is Salty's wet feeding station. We also have a office matt, the kind that goes under chairs in an office, under this too. Preserves the floor and is very easy to clean up. The bowl catches the majority of dropped foods.

 

[Hobs]

We only feed dry foods to Salty when he is in his cage. Wet foods like chop he gets served to him on a free hanging boing/play chain. Cleaning up wet foods inside a cage is a tedious job! It also helps that he is not a flinger.

That’s a great idea! Especially where our little “chop conureisseur” likes to eject anything he’s displeased by!

 

[Scott]

Vinegar mixed with water for safe, hygienic cleaning.

Vanishing commodity newspaper an easily placed barrier for floor cleanliness when feeding chop.

Large surfaces of flooring can be protected with carefully cut rolls of painter's plastic. I hang from upper floor deck for 48 hours, allowing outgassing before use.

 

[Hobs]

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Here is Salty's wet feeding station. We also have a office matt, the kind that goes under chairs in an office, under this too. Preserves the floor and is very easy to clean up. The bowl catches the majority of dropped foods.

My boyfriend already ran to home depot and came back with two office matts for under the cage! That is sure to save our hardwood floors, I was getting a little worried about how much I was scrubbing that area.

 

[Hobs]

Vinegar mixed with water for safe, hygienic cleaning.

Vanishing commodity newspaper an easily placed barrier for floor cleanliness when feeding chop.

Large surfaces of flooring can be protected with carefully cut rolls of painter's plastic. I hang from upper floor deck for 48 hours, allowing outgassing before use.

How many parts vinegar to water? Does it not eat the metal? I know vinegar is a great cleaner for lots of things but I wasn’t sure with metal.

 

[Scott]

How many parts vinegar to water? Does it not eat the metal? I know vinegar is a great cleaner for lots of things but I wasn’t sure with metal.

I'm more of "dump and pour" guy, roughly 2:1 ratio water to vinegar. Used on powder coated pages so no contact with base metal. I'd think it would corrode long term if directly exposed!