Keeping Your Pet Birds in Indoor aviaries
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Rather than keeping just one bird in a cage, you may decide to set up a block of small aviaries. Each of these aviaries can measure 60x60x60cm(24x24x24in) and you could build up a group of 12 against one wall. Such banks of aviaries have proved very successful for breeding finches and they are also useful for housing delicate softbills and finches during the winter months if you usually keep your birds outside.
The easiest way to build an indoor cage is with mesh panels. Make each cage independent of its neighbour, so that if there are four or five cages in a row, it is possible to remove one cage without disturbing the others. The advantage of such a flexible system is that it is much easier to catch your birds and move them around and is therefore a lot less stressful for them. Indoor cages are fairly easy to build, but draw up a careful plan to avoid making mistakes. Examine an existing system before you attempt to build your own, as this could save you time and money.
If you do not want to build a cage, you will find plenty of inside cages on sale, ranging from very cheap to very expensive ones. Do not disregard the cheap ones as long as they are safe and suitable; sometimes it is cheaper to buy a ready-made cage than to build one.
If you want to keep a medium- sized parrot as a pet, try to give it as large a cage as possible. This one is relatively expensive, but it is does look good in the home and provides your pet bird with plenty of room and security.
If you keep many birds in one room in your house, you will undoubtedly have a dust problem. To reduce the dust level as much as possible, open a window in the room without creating a draught or allowing the temperature to fall too low. This will also reduce the level of bacteria. Keeping just one parrot in your house will also produce a lot of dust and you may find that a member of your household is allergic to it; this is not a common problem, but it has been known to occur.
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