Poofypuffin
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So I have a special needs bird that I'm planning on building a cage for.
He's a rescue that we've been keeping him in a temporary set up inside as we were always planning to release, him but as things turn out he is blind and his vision does not seem to be returning.
So we want to build an outdoor enclosure.
The bird in question is a seabird, a puffin to be exact and we want him to have access to water. he also doesn't fly so there doesn't need to be great height but I want to keep him at a level. Which is why we're planning on using a dining table for the enclosure.
I've talked to my brother in law who is a carpenter and will help us fix a sink in the table that can be filled up or emptied as needed. I'm also going to ask him to make a small hole like house for him and we might put some rocks in there as well.
What I'm mainly wondering about is what kind of "ground" can I put in place?
Inside we've had him on towels that we change once per day but I'm hoping for something that wouldn't need to be cleaned more than once a week *hopeful*
I don't think gravel would be a good idea as he might just hurt himself running blind in that. Continuing usage of towels would also probably just be messy as it can rain a lot here during the summers and he'd just get soggy.
Any ideas?
He's a rescue that we've been keeping him in a temporary set up inside as we were always planning to release, him but as things turn out he is blind and his vision does not seem to be returning.
So we want to build an outdoor enclosure.
The bird in question is a seabird, a puffin to be exact and we want him to have access to water. he also doesn't fly so there doesn't need to be great height but I want to keep him at a level. Which is why we're planning on using a dining table for the enclosure.
I've talked to my brother in law who is a carpenter and will help us fix a sink in the table that can be filled up or emptied as needed. I'm also going to ask him to make a small hole like house for him and we might put some rocks in there as well.
What I'm mainly wondering about is what kind of "ground" can I put in place?
Inside we've had him on towels that we change once per day but I'm hoping for something that wouldn't need to be cleaned more than once a week *hopeful*
I don't think gravel would be a good idea as he might just hurt himself running blind in that. Continuing usage of towels would also probably just be messy as it can rain a lot here during the summers and he'd just get soggy.
Any ideas?