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Post by vankarhi on Feb 19, 2008 6:39:18 GMT 10
What do you guys use for nest box materials for the nest.
I have been told by one guy that he goes to the local sawmill and gets a bin of sawdust and mixes that with pine shavings and soaked coir. What do you guys use??
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Post by Jane on Feb 19, 2008 9:09:37 GMT 10
I use either "Hysorb" which is dust extracted woodshavings or the same company make something called "nest box fines" which is coarser smaller pieces  |
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Post by megzly on Feb 19, 2008 13:11:32 GMT 10
i try to find stuff they would normally use- if i cant i use shavings
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Karen
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Post by Karen on Feb 19, 2008 19:37:38 GMT 10
Woodshavings is what I usually use. I tried sugar cane mulch once, might use it again as the budgies liked it.
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Post by vankarhi on Feb 19, 2008 20:31:45 GMT 10
ok
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Post by mickp on Feb 20, 2008 18:45:02 GMT 10
what I put in the avairy probably wont be of much help tracey due to the difference in bird size lol.
I let the finches choose from coconut fibre, pea straw, quail feathers (no I dont pluck them, they donate freely. well the females do with the males help) and what ever they can take from the plants in the aviary
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Post by vankarhi on Feb 20, 2008 20:30:58 GMT 10
mmmmm yes I think you are correct Mike....... lol ;D
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Post by Brenner on Feb 11, 2021 11:19:08 GMT 10
Hi. I've just bought two budgies. They were hand-reared and they're very nice-natured, they'll come to you and sit on your finger and all that. Thought I'd improve their cage a bit, and since I already had a wrapped bale of sugarcane mulch, I put a couple of inches of it in the bottom of the cage.
They've taken no notice of it, one way or the other, but I just noticed today they were digging in their feathers a bit, apparently "flea-ing" themselves, (for want of a better word). Not all the time, but I hadn't noticed them doing it before. I've only had them two days so this might well be normal behaviour for them, I don't know. But I'd like to find out if sugarcane mulch can contain little nasties that budgies can't cope with.
Can anybody clue me in on that?
Thanks.
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