For those of you that have territorial birds in your flock what precautions do you take to protect all the other birds in the birdroom from bitten toes , etc while in their cage.
As I’ve mentioned before, my youngest daughter was diagnosed with a lung disease last summer and therefore all my birds and rodents had to leave the living area of the house. I have managed to keep them and keep their lives as normal as possible despite the battle it became with my husband who called me selfish for being unwilling to let my birds go when our daughter was deathly sick. They took over our garage for the past year and now are moving into a smaller bird room we just built on our patio.
I used to keep my Quakers separate from the rest of the flock until they moved into the garage because they bite the toes of the other birds when ever they can and would do even more damage if permitted I’m afraid. One cockatiel lost a tip of her toe a few years ago when the first attack happened. They are watched very carefully because of this obviously and not permitted to have out time with the others or allowed to land on other cages. They have been in the same room since last summer and they have not attacked any birdie but I wouldn’t trust them not to either. I would like to permit them more out time and also permit the others more out time without having to babysit so closely.
I have acrylic sheets on top of the Quaker cages and our conures cage to protect toes that way but I need to extend protection to not only the tops of the other cages but the sides as well and that leds me to the reason for my question. Has anyone ever lined/ covered the sides of cages with poly mesh or something similar? I’m considering poly mesh curtains that can roll up and down.
As I’ve mentioned before, my youngest daughter was diagnosed with a lung disease last summer and therefore all my birds and rodents had to leave the living area of the house. I have managed to keep them and keep their lives as normal as possible despite the battle it became with my husband who called me selfish for being unwilling to let my birds go when our daughter was deathly sick. They took over our garage for the past year and now are moving into a smaller bird room we just built on our patio.
I used to keep my Quakers separate from the rest of the flock until they moved into the garage because they bite the toes of the other birds when ever they can and would do even more damage if permitted I’m afraid. One cockatiel lost a tip of her toe a few years ago when the first attack happened. They are watched very carefully because of this obviously and not permitted to have out time with the others or allowed to land on other cages. They have been in the same room since last summer and they have not attacked any birdie but I wouldn’t trust them not to either. I would like to permit them more out time and also permit the others more out time without having to babysit so closely.
I have acrylic sheets on top of the Quaker cages and our conures cage to protect toes that way but I need to extend protection to not only the tops of the other cages but the sides as well and that leds me to the reason for my question. Has anyone ever lined/ covered the sides of cages with poly mesh or something similar? I’m considering poly mesh curtains that can roll up and down.
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