Over time, it will cause problems to the cage bottom, not to mention your back. It is dense, weighty and abrasive making cleaning difficult and messy. While its main concern is in ingestion, especially if wet foods are dropped into it, it has other down sides. I don’t think I need to tell you how bad that would be in a bird’s digestive system, especially the clumping variety. If damp food or toys are dropped into the litter and retrieved, either type of litter will adhere to it. Kitty litter has two types: clay, which produces dust and has the risk of causing problems to your birds delicate respiratory system, and clumping litter whose recipe includes a substance that grows enormously in size and clots together when moisture is introduced. If swallowed it can cause serious impactions in the digestive system because the pieces will swell when moisture is introduced. Corncob bedding is particularly concerning in damp or humid climates where the aspergillus mold might grow (aspergillus causes respiratory disease and can be fatal). While they are natural, they both provide a breeding ground for the growth of molds, fungi and bacteria. Other beddings are crushed walnut shells and corncob. You can’t sweep or vacuum bedding to remove dander (even with netting over the nozzle, it’s been tried and doesn’t work.)
Flight or wing flapping within the cage will cause it to rise up and out into the air space. Aside from making it difficult to observe droppings, wood chips allow small particulates, like powder down and dander, to drop through the cracks to the tray below. Untreated pine shavings, while safe unless ingested, has to be changed or sifted through for debris frequently, making it impractical. If the cedar chips are covering the smell, how are you to know that your bird needs help? If your bird’s droppings have odor, your bird is sick. However, there should be no odors in the cage of a healthy bird. One argument I have heard in defense of these products is that is masks odors in the cage. Additionally, they create the uneven surface that makes it difficult to view the quality of the droppings.
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Wood chips or shavings, such as cedar, redwood or treated pine are toxic to birds should they come into contact with them and even the scent (of the cedar or redwood chip) can be an irritant and cause allergic reactions and skin inflammations. There are other types of cage substrate that are available to parrot owners, but they all have disadvantages or dangers: It isn’t possible to do that effectively on a surface that is broken and uneven. One of the only ways we have to monitor our bird’s health on a daily basis is by checking the quality and quantity of their droppings. Newspaper, butcher paper, paper towels, paper bags – it doesn’t matter which, as long as it will sit patiently on the cage bottom waiting for your bird to put it to work.Īside from being the most economical liner, it has one HUGE advantage: it lies flat. So one question remains: what liner is best to use? We all know how important it is to keep our parrot’s environment clean and part of that is changing the cage liner frequently. But it’s an important job, too, because it plays a part in keeping your bird healthy and safe. It collects the things that land there and makes clean up simple for you. The lining on the bottom of your parrot's cage has a pretty straightforward job. Rosebreasted cockatoo and congo african grey
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