Last Updated on by Mitch Rezman
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Dear Rita
The setup looks very nice.
My own personal experience with cockatiels that is all cockatiels are Princesses.
They will not go out of their way to play with a toy. Toys need to be placed at the ends of a perch area where they can just grab it.
If they need to climb a cage wall or screen, they will just ignore the toy.
Are those pigeon points along the top edge of the cage? I assume so the birds don’t sit along the edge and poop down the sides?
Food and water dishes need to be heavy enough that if they land on the edge of it, it won’t tip over. (The one bowl on the shelf is what I am asking about)
I noticed the birdcage hanging on the wall, what is the reason for that? If you have one bird that likes to hang out there, of course it is fine. It just may increase your clean up work.
I am concerned about the numerous indents along the inside walls. They are likely to get dusty and collect fine feathers and debris. You may want to get in the habit of taking a brush and running it over the walls weekly.
Be sure to keep up with seed debris as well. Moth eggs are in ALL bird seed and if moths get a foothold, they will start laying eggs along all the wood seams and create an infestation.
Adding perches at varying levels, horizontally, will please them.
If you have one long perch (branch) ending at the highest point, they will all tend to gather there, vying for the best spot.
Regarding your new order, the ladders will come soon to ship to you.
Rita N. replied:
Thanks so much for your feedback. They are cantankerous little creatures.
I spent the day rearranging and making the cage accessible to our old bird (tweety) who can’t fly.
Still a work in progress! I just ordered some of your small ladders to make climbing easier for him.
Think Donkey Kong ladders on the edges of the cage so he can get to the floor and the top. I’ll try it anyway. Here are the updated pics of the setup.
They do often fight over the top perch… the one that’s on top of the cage now. They usually just share it eventually. That makes sense now that you say that!
Our birds are not bonded to each other at all. They don’t interact unless one of them is in the other’s way. We were hoping Tango and Charlie would bond a little. Maybe someday.
We have the small cage in there because our old bird seems to like being in a small cage a lot of the time so we want him to be comfortable.
We also have a bigger cage attached to it too, it also helps the old man be more comfortable with the change.
Tango (our anxious bird) refuses to go into the new cage to explore or look at any of the new stuff in there.
We put him in there and he flies right back out. He hasn’t liked the cage set-up since we brought him home. He’s not used to the free-range life yet perhaps. He’s just scared of all the change so we will keep trying.
Our little Charlie has explored every inch of it and chewed on it all. We are still working on finding ways to help them climb to the top of the cage more easily too.
The blinds on the window are coming down and the picture on the wall is being removed for their safety. Thanks again! Have a great week!
Rita
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