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shanny2
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what would be a good plan or a site that i could use i want to make a plan for my birds like daily cleaning and feeding stuff like that and i need help how do i know if my birds nails are a bit over grown and will nail clippers do the trick?
Going 1 step at a time
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Jayburd
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you can make a list using Microsoft Excel, great program!
it's fairly obvious when a bird's nails are overgrown. They start to curl in a corkscrew and basically look overgrown. in short anything over 1.5cm is longish.
Yep ordinary human nail clippers will do, but old the nail up to the light, you can see a little red slick of blood in the nails and avoid cutting it!
it's fairly obvious when a bird's nails are overgrown. They start to curl in a corkscrew and basically look overgrown. in short anything over 1.5cm is longish.
Yep ordinary human nail clippers will do, but old the nail up to the light, you can see a little red slick of blood in the nails and avoid cutting it!
Julian
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Birdwatcher and finch-keeper.
Feel free to check out my photos here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/lewinsrail/
And my birding antics here: http://worthtwointhebushbirding.blogspot.com.au/
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jusdeb
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cornflour packed onto the bleeding nail should form scab and stop minor bleeding ..... natural tree perches with the bark still attached will keep them short .
Can you make a plan for me that includes closing the aviary when I leave ....yep left the little aviary wide open today .
no escapees touch wood 
Can you make a plan for me that includes closing the aviary when I leave ....yep left the little aviary wide open today .
no escapees touch wood Accept that some days you are the pigeon, and some days you are the statue.
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E Orix
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If a Finches nail is ripped off it WILL NOT bleed out infact little blood will flow.
This is how we collect blood for DNA testing, clip the toe nail above the blood line and extract the blood onto the testing strip.
At times we need to put pressure on the toe to get that little extra blood for testing.
So don't fret too much.
I use the normal nail clippers.
This is how we collect blood for DNA testing, clip the toe nail above the blood line and extract the blood onto the testing strip.
At times we need to put pressure on the toe to get that little extra blood for testing.
So don't fret too much.
I use the normal nail clippers.
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flap
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our morning routine is:
change all water in containers (I use an empty bucked to put the old water in which I later tip in the garden, and an empty plastic bottle full of water to refill them - this means i don't have to keep going in and out of the aviary).
check seed levels and add seed if needed
check levels of grit/eggshell etc. and add if needed
lightly sweep aviary floor to collect seeds, poos, feathers, grasses etc
During breeding season, the birds get additional food like mealworms, soft food etc. once or twice a day
Also during breeding season, we check amounts of nesting materials (grasses, feathers, coconut fibres etc) and add if needed
Once a week all the water containers get washed, plants in pots get rotated if needed, perches etc cleaned from bird poos
Do a big sweep, moving pots etc to get to corners. while doing this check for signs of vermin such as mice. Check for redback spiders.
i hope this helps.
change all water in containers (I use an empty bucked to put the old water in which I later tip in the garden, and an empty plastic bottle full of water to refill them - this means i don't have to keep going in and out of the aviary).
check seed levels and add seed if needed
check levels of grit/eggshell etc. and add if needed
lightly sweep aviary floor to collect seeds, poos, feathers, grasses etc
During breeding season, the birds get additional food like mealworms, soft food etc. once or twice a day
Also during breeding season, we check amounts of nesting materials (grasses, feathers, coconut fibres etc) and add if needed
Once a week all the water containers get washed, plants in pots get rotated if needed, perches etc cleaned from bird poos
Do a big sweep, moving pots etc to get to corners. while doing this check for signs of vermin such as mice. Check for redback spiders.
i hope this helps.
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Redwing
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This looks like a really good routine Flab,think most of us do very similar.
*The only things I could add to this Shanny is make it as easy as you can for yourself to do your daily jobs by having everything close, like your water container.
*Keep everything really clean.I use peanut paste lids for my mealworms, soft food, sprouted seeds etc. If you have spares then they can be washed easily.
*Seed hoppers mean you don't have to put new seed in every day and the floor stays cleaner.
*Keep everything up off the ground.
*Check every bird every day to make sure they look healthy and happy. The more you watch them the more you will learn about them. (a chair next to your aviary while you have your coffee is nice)
Can't wait to see some photos of your set ups so far.
*The only things I could add to this Shanny is make it as easy as you can for yourself to do your daily jobs by having everything close, like your water container.
*Keep everything really clean.I use peanut paste lids for my mealworms, soft food, sprouted seeds etc. If you have spares then they can be washed easily.
*Seed hoppers mean you don't have to put new seed in every day and the floor stays cleaner.
*Keep everything up off the ground.
*Check every bird every day to make sure they look healthy and happy. The more you watch them the more you will learn about them. (a chair next to your aviary while you have your coffee is nice)
Can't wait to see some photos of your set ups so far.