Helitorian
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If I get the cabin down the road from my dad, I plan on building an aviary for Con and the other two birds I plan on getting. I have a few questions. What should I use for the frame? What should I use as the walls? And because I'm worried about snakes, I planned on digging down about a foot and laying concrete in the shape of a box and filling it back in with the sand/dirt mix that makes up the yard then have some type of low wall around the bottom to keep them from crawling in. Any thoughts on that?
Other than snakes, all I have to worry about are raccoons, possums, cats, and hawks. My cats will keep the land bound critters away but is there anything special I need to deter the hawks that won't scare my birds?
Also, my dad had an interesting idea. Because the birds will be flighted and the aviary will be butted right up against the cabin, my dad said he would cut a hole in the wall so the birds can come and go as they please. It would save me the hassle of taking them out by hand and when I'm gone, if they get scared, they can always fly right back into the house. Of course my home would be bird proofed and they'd all be potty trained. I'd want the hole covered with something like a nest box cut in half where the birds will fit in but nothing else will and so that I can cover the hole in cold weather.
I'd also like for there to be a tree or part of one in the aviary so the birds have something to sit in. Then of course there'd be a large bird bath and maybe a little garden of some food bearing plant they can forage in. There'd be toys and their normal food as well and pretty much anything else I can think of that'd make it the coolest aviary on the lake. But than again it'd be the only aviary on the lake
I'm super excited for this to happen so really hope that the cabin is in good shape to live in. The aviary would be built before anything else is done anyway. I can always pee outside or bath in the lake if need be
Any thoughts, ideas, comments, advice, or questions are welcomed. Thanks!
Other than snakes, all I have to worry about are raccoons, possums, cats, and hawks. My cats will keep the land bound critters away but is there anything special I need to deter the hawks that won't scare my birds?
Also, my dad had an interesting idea. Because the birds will be flighted and the aviary will be butted right up against the cabin, my dad said he would cut a hole in the wall so the birds can come and go as they please. It would save me the hassle of taking them out by hand and when I'm gone, if they get scared, they can always fly right back into the house. Of course my home would be bird proofed and they'd all be potty trained. I'd want the hole covered with something like a nest box cut in half where the birds will fit in but nothing else will and so that I can cover the hole in cold weather.
I'd also like for there to be a tree or part of one in the aviary so the birds have something to sit in. Then of course there'd be a large bird bath and maybe a little garden of some food bearing plant they can forage in. There'd be toys and their normal food as well and pretty much anything else I can think of that'd make it the coolest aviary on the lake. But than again it'd be the only aviary on the lake
I'm super excited for this to happen so really hope that the cabin is in good shape to live in. The aviary would be built before anything else is done anyway. I can always pee outside or bath in the lake if need be Any thoughts, ideas, comments, advice, or questions are welcomed. Thanks!
