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| Caden Schaefer |
Anyone else have this problem?: I feed my birds pellet food as their main
food (plus snacks, etc) - I use Avian Maintenance but I've used others.
Anyway, the issue is that this stuff ends up (in specks that stick for some
reason) all over my walls, wood blinds, windowsills - basically all the
surfaces near the cage. I am able to vacuum it from the carpet (not too
easy, though), but the hard surfaces are tough. Yes, I clean these
surfaces, but there's only so much cleaning of painted walls you can do
without wrecking the paint. I end up picking off tiny specks with the point
of a knife. Would a seed-based diet avoid this problem? I also considered
surrounding 2 sides of the cage in clear plexiglass. Anyone tried something
like that?
Oh, and they feed from a "stick your head in here" ceramic no-mess dish that
I bought. Only instead of chewing the pellets IN the thing, they take each
one out, wet it in the water dish, walk to the middle top of the cage, and
eat it there, where half of each pellet promptly flies out across the living
room and lands somewhere random. They like watching me clean! :-)
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| Laurie |
"Caden Schaefer" <cschaefer3@austin.rr.com> wrote in message
news:DAscb.91178$z32.72247@twister.austin.rr.com...
> Anyone else have this problem?: I feed my birds pellet food as their main
> food (plus snacks, etc) - I use Avian Maintenance but I've used others.
> Anyway, the issue is that this stuff ends up (in specks that stick for
some
> reason) all over my walls, wood blinds, windowsills - basically all the
> surfaces near the cage. I am able to vacuum it from the carpet (not too
> easy, though), but the hard surfaces are tough. Yes, I clean these
> surfaces, but there's only so much cleaning of painted walls you can do
> without wrecking the paint. I end up picking off tiny specks with the
point
> of a knife. Would a seed-based diet avoid this problem?
If you fed them seeds rather than pellets, then yes, it *would* avoid that
problem.
> Oh, and they feed from a "stick your head in here" ceramic no-mess dish
that
> I bought. Only instead of chewing the pellets IN the thing, they take
each
> one out, wet it in the water dish, walk to the middle top of the cage, and
> eat it there, where half of each pellet promptly flies out across the
living
> room and lands somewhere random. They like watching me clean! :-)
Yes they do like watching you clean...over and over and over...
How big is the cage? They have seed guards you can buy to put around the
bottom half of the cage to keep messes in. Might be something you want to
check out.
Laurie
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| AnonnyMoose |
You won't be doing your birds any favors feeding an all seed diet.
I hung clear plexi on the two sides of the cage most of the food gets flung
from. Easier to clean it than the walls. I don't feed pellets, but fresh
foods, so have to deal with staining as well as stuff sticking to
everything. Suggest you find a way to hang it that allows you to remove it
easily for cleaning, and get the sturdiest plexi you can find because the
thinner stuff tends to crack pretty easily.
Karen
"Caden Schaefer" <cschaefer3@austin.rr.com> wrote in message
news:DAscb.91178$z32.72247@twister.austin.rr.com...
> Anyone else have this problem?: I feed my birds pellet food as their main
> food (plus snacks, etc) - I use Avian Maintenance but I've used others.
> Anyway, the issue is that this stuff ends up (in specks that stick for
some
> reason) all over my walls, wood blinds, windowsills - basically all the
> surfaces near the cage. I am able to vacuum it from the carpet (not too
> easy, though), but the hard surfaces are tough. Yes, I clean these
> surfaces, but there's only so much cleaning of painted walls you can do
> without wrecking the paint. I end up picking off tiny specks with the
point
> of a knife. Would a seed-based diet avoid this problem? I also
considered
> surrounding 2 sides of the cage in clear plexiglass. Anyone tried
something
> like that?
>
> Oh, and they feed from a "stick your head in here" ceramic no-mess dish
that
> I bought. Only instead of chewing the pellets IN the thing, they take
each
> one out, wet it in the water dish, walk to the middle top of the cage, and
> eat it there, where half of each pellet promptly flies out across the
living
> room and lands somewhere random. They like watching me clean! :-)
>
>
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| Loren Coe |
In article <0Iscb.2571$RW4.2422@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net>, Laurie wrote:
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> "Caden Schaefer" <cschaefer3@austin.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:DAscb.91178$z32.72247@twister.austin.rr.com...
>> Anyone else have this problem?: I feed my birds pellet food as their main
>> food (plus snacks, etc) - I use Avian Maintenance but I've used others.
>> Anyway, the issue is that this stuff ends up (in specks that stick for
> some
>> reason) all over my walls, wood blinds, windowsills - basically all the
>> surfaces near the cage. I am able to vacuum it from the carpet (not too
>> easy, though), but the hard surfaces are tough. Yes, I clean these
>> surfaces, but there's only so much cleaning of painted walls you can do
>> without wrecking the paint. I end up picking off tiny specks with the
> point
>> of a knife. Would a seed-based diet avoid this problem?
....>
>> one out, wet it in the water dish, walk to the middle top of the cage, and
>> eat it there, where half of each pellet promptly flies out across the
> living
>> room and lands somewhere random. They like watching me clean! :-)
>
> Yes they do like watching you clean...over and over and over...
>
> How big is the cage? They have seed guards you can buy to put around the
> bottom half of the cage to keep messes in. Might be something you want to
> check out. > > Laurie > >
seeds are also messy, but don't stick to walls, instead they can be
'launched' 20 feet or more. i moved my tiels food dish to the rear
of the cage because i got tired of them bouncing cracked barley off
the back of my neck & head.
wrt 'seed' guards, they are very effective for collecting 50-80% of
stuff that the bird drops over the side. the rest still goes flying.
these tiels don't eat on top, out of the cage and so it would not
be much of anything but an obstacle to bang into. --Loren
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