With regard to food and water, our cockatiel (Buckbeak), seems to enjoy making a mess in the floor. I have moved the feed dish to the bottom of the cage, which greatly improved the situation. At the risk of over-thinking things, are there any negatives to this approach? Just keeping the best interest of the animal in mind. Great video, thanks for posting!
Cockatiels can be pretty messy and throw food around, it’s a fairly common parrot trait. They are also natural ground feeders in the wild so provided he’s using it, it should be ok. The risk is obviously stuff you don’t want getting in there or him not eating from it. You could consider a foraging tray or bowl at the bottom too!
It's just I've been looking at upgrading my cockatiel cage to a yeheetech not the same model as yours and I just wanted to know how easy it is to remove the bars
Do you know if terrarium cork bark is okay in a bird cage? I'm currently decorating my canary's new cage. I've soaked the bark in F10. It gives a lovely naturalistic vibe along with faux plants, which I assume are okay as he can't chew on them like a parrot would. It's so pretty 😊
How bad are the liberta cages? I'm looking to change from a yahetech flight cage because its falling apart after 4 years and 2 of the castors have snapped off.
So we used to recommend the Libertas but honestly they aren’t ideal. If they actually updated the Oregon design it’d be fine but it’s an old design and for the money no where near as good value as the yaheetech ones we use!
There are so many fun things foe the boys to do. I love their new enclosure ❤
Thank you! They have been loving it!
Brilliant thanks! I’ve been hanging my nose over that cage for weeks!
Glad it helped!
Your Cockatiels are quite spoilt aren’t they, I love how big your cage with the variety of toys they can pick from!
Thank you! They really seem to like it!
I bought this same brand recently before I got my second cockatiel. I'm very happy with it as well. Very sturdy and reasonably priced!
Definitely! We had some small issues building this time but over all good value!
I love the new cages and setups 😍!! The toys are so much fun !!!
Thank you 🤗
You and Sophie have converted me to using Easichick substrate, my two conures love it. The youngest conure has really taken to nibbling it.
Really glad they are enjoying it!
With regard to food and water, our cockatiel (Buckbeak), seems to enjoy making a mess in the floor. I have moved the feed dish to the bottom of the cage, which greatly improved the situation. At the risk of over-thinking things, are there any negatives to this approach? Just keeping the best interest of the animal in mind. Great video, thanks for posting!
Cockatiels can be pretty messy and throw food around, it’s a fairly common parrot trait.
They are also natural ground feeders in the wild so provided he’s using it, it should be ok.
The risk is obviously stuff you don’t want getting in there or him not eating from it.
You could consider a foraging tray or bowl at the bottom too!
Muy buen top
Thanks!
Was you able to take the bars out of the bottom and just use the pull out tray
Yup! The tray fits in snugly without the bars! It’s another thing we like about this particular cage.
It's just I've been looking at upgrading my cockatiel cage to a yeheetech not the same model as yours and I just wanted to know how easy it is to remove the bars
Do you know if terrarium cork bark is okay in a bird cage? I'm currently decorating my canary's new cage. I've soaked the bark in F10. It gives a lovely naturalistic vibe along with faux plants, which I assume are okay as he can't chew on them like a parrot would. It's so pretty 😊
If there’s no lychen on it and it’s clean it should be ok!
@@TheParrotTeacher There is a little bit of white stuff. Is lychen dangerous?
How bad are the liberta cages?
I'm looking to change from a yahetech flight cage because its falling apart after 4 years and 2 of the castors have snapped off.
So we used to recommend the Libertas but honestly they aren’t ideal. If they actually updated the Oregon design it’d be fine but it’s an old design and for the money no where near as good value as the yaheetech ones we use!
What's the stuff on the bottom floor of the cage called?
It’s a substrate called easichick! You can learn more about it in my videos about substrate if you’re interested in using it or something similar!