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I have a three year old Green Cheeked Conure (GCC) i got from my sister who lives in South Carolina. (We were up there helping her get a new home since her old one was unfavorable.) So.. I got their bird.. he wasn't in good living conditions and they didn't like him (not giving him attention, out of cage time or cleaning the cage well) There was a bag on top of it.. if i lifted it several roaches would scurry out. Ew. There are roaches in the inner parts of the bird cage too.
I took the bird home with me cage and all. (not the bag or the blanket they were using) It's been 20 days since we got back.. he seems happy and loves to fly and vocalize (he doesn't talk yet.) but there's still the problem with the roaches IN the cage. We need to get rid of the roaches as soon as possible without using anything that would harm the bird. We found out that my sister's boyfriend didn't do a good job cleaning the cage.. I doubt he even took it apart, let alone sterilized it!
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My mom is currently leaving the cage outside and stuffing Demetrius Earth in it to deal with the roaches, and then she's gonna soak it in boiling hot water. I'm EXTREMELY skeptical to that approach.. so what do we do? Bird cages of the size a small Green Cheek Conure require can cost up to $300 or more.. and we spent a lot of money during the trip.. so what should we do?
We don't want roaches.. we had them 7 years ago in my hometown and it wan't good for any of us.. we don't want that again.. plus the bird could get sick if he were to eat them. (which shouldn't be an option since i feed him..)
I took the bird home with me cage and all. (not the bag or the blanket they were using) It's been 20 days since we got back.. he seems happy and loves to fly and vocalize (he doesn't talk yet.) but there's still the problem with the roaches IN the cage. We need to get rid of the roaches as soon as possible without using anything that would harm the bird. We found out that my sister's boyfriend didn't do a good job cleaning the cage.. I doubt he even took it apart, let alone sterilized it!
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My mom is currently leaving the cage outside and stuffing Demetrius Earth in it to deal with the roaches, and then she's gonna soak it in boiling hot water. I'm EXTREMELY skeptical to that approach.. so what do we do? Bird cages of the size a small Green Cheek Conure require can cost up to $300 or more.. and we spent a lot of money during the trip.. so what should we do?
We don't want roaches.. we had them 7 years ago in my hometown and it wan't good for any of us.. we don't want that again.. plus the bird could get sick if he were to eat them. (which shouldn't be an option since i feed him..)