Re: [Freeflight] Managing Flighted BIrds

[MAARSAlayne <alayne@...>]

I have barriers in the house:

- Bamboo curtains hanging in doorways (held back when not needed)
- I have sheer curtains which block off rooms - I used recycled bamboo 
poles from carpet/rug rolls for the rods
- If all else fails, I shut them in their rooms.

It is pretty easy once you get used to it. I live with 11 flighted birds 
in size from Lovebird to Green Wing Macaw. I can have all of them out at 
the same time and not worry about their safety or my sanity.

Alayne

Douglas Delgado wrote:

> Pat asked:
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> "I am curious how others manage their flighted birds when they can't
> watch them or when they are busy with other thing.. cooking.. etc."
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> I agree that this is a GREAT subject to talk about, thanks for asking.
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> My method of managing the cooking problem......I lock the birds in their
> cages and I feed them. When we are eating dinner, again....they go in
> their cages and we share our dinner with them. I think they are flock
> animals and being in the middle of dinner is just too great of a 
> temptation
> for them. If fed in their cages, they see the cage as a great place 
> to be
> because that's where they get their rewards. Phinney knows "Go to your
> perch!" (Heck, she says it) and she knows that she should go to the 
> perch
> in her cage and she will get a nut.
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> I'm sure others have lots of great tips......the one that I use the 
> most is:
> Drum roll please.....Towels. If I don't want the birds to get into 
> it, I
> tend to cover it with a towel.
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> I would like to write more on this topic but I've already been pretty 
> wordy
> today and I've gotta get off email.......so, hopefully others will 
> continue
> on this thread so we can talk more another day.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> Mona in Seattle
> Phinneus Fowl (aka Phinney) TAG
> Pretty Rita Cockatiel
> Babylon (Senegal Poicephalus)
> Doug (spousal unit)
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> >From: Patricia Smith <pat@...>
> >Reply-To: Freeflight@yahoogroups.com
> >To: Freeflight@yahoogroups.com
> >Subject: RE: [Freeflight] zilla /Kim's response--poll/recall
> >Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 11:34:24 -0700
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