What do you use to line the bottom of your fids cage?

[Mel]

Shadow likes to drop her food on the floor then rummage through it, if the grate's in place she get frustrated trying to get to her food so I don't have one for her. Chicka is a real shredder so she has a grate.

 

[bogo1]

Agree with Ant. The only reason I don't have great for Sky and Merry is because of Sky kind of nesting in the soft shavings and having a tendency to fall off perches. Otherwise I would use grate because it helps keep bird and bird output apart. I have heard of birds with sore feet but I think that is more a perch thing. My conures LOVE the roof of their cage even though they could easily choose to be off it and it is the same material as the grate.

 

[Ecclipse]

Thanks for the advice - will see what I can get from the petshop

 

[Vivica]

I always use a grate for my wrnts bird, because he's a shredder also. I use paper towels and change it often, since he also shreds boxes and that gets all stuck in the grate.
Although I have seen him every so often rip the paper towels up through the grate every so often. It's when he wants to, I guess.