Cage bottom ideas

**ashie** · 09-20-2009, 02:00 AM

How do you feel when you fork out loads of money on your bird's cage to find they only use the top half? *sigh* Well heres a few things i've done to encourage Benny to use the all of the cage..

1. Placed food and water bowls at the bottom of the cage, and this for some reason also stopped him sleeping and pooping in them double bonus!

2. Hanging food kabobs from the lowest perch

3. The egg Carton, I cut a large hole in the lid put different foods in it

4. Growing seedling in a small bowl or pot and placing down on the floor

5. Hang chew toys off the side of the cage instead of the top

6. Bucket foraging toy or toy box

7.Place perch along the bottom basically on the floor

8. Large bathing dish I used a ceramic dog bowl. Make sure your bird can get in and out and that it isn't too deep. Benny wanted nothing to do with it but my mothers birds love it when i gave it to them lol

9. The paper bag toy. Put milt sprays or other treats in a brown paper bag twisted it and placed in on the floor . It amazes me all this money on toys and what does he like to play with the good old brown paper bag. I did however have to help and make the first few rips, he got lazy

1o. Rearrangement of toys and items. Birds get bored of the same old toys so rotate and swap every few days

**JPerkins** · 09-23-2009, 10:03 AM

Good ideas! I'll have to try that paper bag thing!
However, just make sure the food bowls are not under perches... they might poop on their own food! Other than that they sound like good ideas! Thanks for sharing!

**Limpyduckling** · 09-23-2009, 02:53 PM

or they will poop in their water bowl. Ill have to try that for the millet. They make such a mess with it.

**ashie** · 09-23-2009, 11:23 PM

Originally Posted by JPerkins

However, just make sure the food bowls are not under perches... they might poop on their own food

ohh don't worry there not, having them on the floor has actually stopped him using them as a toilet

**ashie** · 12-25-2009, 06:41 PM

Lastest idea I added washed out small drink bottles inside the cage and every second day I change the native flowers, bottle brush, wattle.

**ashie** · 12-25-2009, 06:57 PM

This is a small plastic tray with seedlings which provide a chance for natural foraging

Then we had the goodies bowl

**leebee** · 12-26-2009, 03:11 AM

Great ideas! I'm going to have to give some of those a try for Pepper

**Acueto82** · 09-25-2011, 08:26 PM

Great ideas! Definitely gonna try these when we get our little companion soon

**WookieePups** · 09-28-2011, 02:02 PM

What great suggestions!!! I'm all about new ideas and suggestions to keep birds occupied while inside of their bird cages. My Blue-crowned conure (Juanito) currently has a ceramic crock filled with water on the bottom of his cage that he bathes in from time to time, but other than that, he typically doesn't spend very much time down there. I especially like the foraging toy/toy box idea and I'm excited to see how long that will keep him entertained.

**sweeties mom** · 09-29-2011, 02:52 PM

what kind of things can I put in their "toy box"? pieces of leather, wooden beads, what else?

**imbrium** · 09-29-2011, 03:25 PM

The bottom of Dori's cage is a little jungle gym of safe hardwood twigs. She climbs and chews and when they get too icky I replace them. It works. I like the millet idea, I might have to try that.