Long time no post! Am very busy just with life, but I check in every once in awhile.
I still have Ian, he is as of now a 20 year old male cockatiel that I rescued some years back. He has cataracts and bad balance, as well as a very fast growing scissor beak which he goes to the vet for monthly [or maybe even sooner at this point. Covid put a lot of wrenches into things]. My problem is due to his issues with his beak, he isn't preening properly so his vent gets dirty. I am toweling him daily and squirting the water there + drying off to slowly make progress, but his environment exasperates the issue. His cage is small and not very enriching due to his health issues I cannot change his set up very much. He has a flat wooden perch, which he loves, but, because it's wood and how he sits on the perch, any droppings just get smudged everywhere. This is very hard to clean and I don't think I can get the wood clean enough even after a deep soak. Any advice on what I can use for a perch that is easy to clean?
My other question is suggestions on bedding, as I am tired of cleaning the corners of both my birds' cages, it destroys my back and takes forever, so I want to just stuff a ton of bedding there and be able to scoop+replace any issues I have. Currently they have newspaper - not my choice, but it's free.
I still have Ian, he is as of now a 20 year old male cockatiel that I rescued some years back. He has cataracts and bad balance, as well as a very fast growing scissor beak which he goes to the vet for monthly [or maybe even sooner at this point. Covid put a lot of wrenches into things]. My problem is due to his issues with his beak, he isn't preening properly so his vent gets dirty. I am toweling him daily and squirting the water there + drying off to slowly make progress, but his environment exasperates the issue. His cage is small and not very enriching due to his health issues I cannot change his set up very much. He has a flat wooden perch, which he loves, but, because it's wood and how he sits on the perch, any droppings just get smudged everywhere. This is very hard to clean and I don't think I can get the wood clean enough even after a deep soak. Any advice on what I can use for a perch that is easy to clean?
My other question is suggestions on bedding, as I am tired of cleaning the corners of both my birds' cages, it destroys my back and takes forever, so I want to just stuff a ton of bedding there and be able to scoop+replace any issues I have. Currently they have newspaper - not my choice, but it's free.