Kiwi's new mansion!

[Kiwibird]

If I wash rope perches, how do I dry them? It would take so long in cooler weather. The clothes dryer?

Robin doesn't ever soil his boing, but I know a perch inside the cage would get dirty. I washed his boing once in the dishwasher and on heat dry, but even then it took so long to really dry.

I just let them air-dry about an hour. I'll put them in the cage a little damp, he doesn't care. He has other types of perches to sit on too if he doesn't want to be on the damp ones. Branches and vines in the jungle would all be wet after a rain so he's lucky he gets the option of dry ones while the rope ones dry They take about 2-3 hours to be totally dry after getting soaking wet. They are dry within a half hour if I just steam them.

 

[Dopey]

I love the new mansion. You all must be so happy.
I have found that I like to look at the new cages after I just move the toys around or put a new one in.

 

[labell]

It sure looks like his Highness approves! Very nice new cage, while I know you really wanted stainless this one is very nice and I bet it lasts for many, many years! I also really liked the pic with you standing in the cage made me giggle!

 

[aether-drifter]

Looks awesome, and I love the platform!! How exactly did you make that? Sorry if you already explained and I missed it (I need to keep up with this board better. ).

I just has home depot cut down a large piece of 1/2" thick particle board to the size I needed. I also got a roll of 6X8 linoleum, which was the smallest they had, but according to my husband, you can buy smaller 'remnants' at flooring stores sometimes. I cut down the linoleum to the size of the board, and it cut easily enough with a good pair of scissors. On the back of the linoleum and top of the particle board, I drew a matching "grid" of 6" squares in pencil. Then I put a small X of contact cement on each intersection of the grid (so the 2 pieces would match up) and followed the direction of the contact cement to let dry then press together starting on one edge (carefully, as it is not repositionable). Then I cut to size and used regular hot glue to glue the white edging on. To be perfectly honest, unless you plan to move the cage a whole lot on the surface, you could probably use a high-quality regular glue instead of the contact cement, which was a pain to use. If you do roll your cage around, use the contact cement, it is a much better adhesive even if it's a PITA to use!

*I think all Home Depots sell pretty much the same stuff, but I know the one off Murray and Cornell has everything (thats where I got my supplies) I'm sure those guys would just be thrilled to see a second person in there buying the materials to make a parrot cage platform, even better if you bring along a small car lol (I had to go back 3 times due to having a small car the materials just barely fit in:54

Thank you! Bookmarking for later. Currently I don't have carpet under my bird cages, and I just let them poop directly on the laminate flooring and wash that off. But I feel like it's not good for the floor and I should probably protect it. Or, I may move back into a place with carpet eventually, so I need to have a plan. I used to just put towels down around the cages and that was such a pain in the butt.

 

[hacatta]

nice cage!love the bells,that is a really nice set up!

 

[Psittaciformes]

Great looking cage! The last picture of Kiwi is so cute

 

[EdgesofTwilight]

Did you buy the cage cover from them as well? I was wondering if it's worth the money to buy the one that they offer as an option with the cage.

 

[Minimaker]

You have such a nice set up there, all the climbing things around it are great as well.

I don't know if anyone else does this, but I tried to figure out the easiest way to clean seed guards and anything else the birds hang out on. I have a spray bottle of straight white vinegar because it's acidic and stronger, with a shot of lemon juice in it as a natural disinfectant. I bought a scrubbing brush with nylon bristles at walmart. I move the birds, spray on the vinegar on the surfaces that need cleaned and let it sit about ten minutes. Then I scrub it down with the brush. Anything stuck on I use the plastic scraper part of the brush to loosen it. Then one more squirt of vinegar and I let it sit for a few minutes more. After that it wipes right up. It's easier than fighting it forever. I also picked up a shop vac like this one with bags that has the best suction and cleans up any mess with ease: Shop Vac 5 Gallon Stainless Steel Wet Dry Vacuum 2 5 PHP Motor | eBay
It's loud like any shop vac is but it's the best I ever owned and makes short work of the mess in the bottom and outside the bottom of the cages/playstand. And I've tried every brand imaginable in regular house vacuums. That's the best suction of any of them and you don't have to empty it every five seconds.

 

[Ann333]

That's so nice!! I love white cages!