Cage vs open area

[Residue]

Many budgie owners keep their budgies in cages, correct? I do something a little differently. I have a room in my house dedicated to my birds. We're talking a whole room of a house. It's about a 10x10 ft room. I have overhanging perches, wall-mounted perches, perches stretching the whole 10 foot of the room and makeshift vines. On the floor I keep newspapers for easy cleaning. The birds are in no way limited and they can fly around the room freely. I have found that my birds really enjoy this area. And it is much more enjoyable for me to watch them play and do their thing than it is to have them in cages. And I listen to RockBox sing, he's pretty good lol XD

[redgirl]

That sounds amazing, but I do think a cage is a good idea as somewhere of a comfort for your budgies xxx

[my budgie billy]

i would love to do that!!it sounds great!!

[SushiGURL]

Great idea! I was i could do that but in my house the bird room isn't really great for having i bird unsupervised

[Residue]

I've never had any problems with it, all my birds get along fine, even RockBox who is 4x the size of my budgies =0

[my budgie billy]

who is rockbox??

[Bea]

I've seen a few people with a "bird room" like yours. :) It's a good idea but for most people it's neither practical or possible.

[i<3mrchirpydoodlebirdy]

Ahh cool. Great idea, could you get a pic for me?

Are your birds tame? free flighted?

[Residue]

My birds are tamed and yes they fly freely. RockBox is my singing parrot lol, I taught him to sing rock lyrics :P Alas, I have no methods of taking pictures right now :(

[bananaz65]

My birds have there cages open all the time and they can leave and come in whenever they want XD. If i had a big room for my babys they would get scared XD. They love there cages very much and visit each other all the time :P.

[Residue]

I'm assuming you have a setup in which the cages are very close together then if they just go back and forth :P Unless your birds are un-clipped. In any case, my birds just fly around and do their day to day thing, depending on their mood, they will swarm me when I enter their room lol. I bring them treats XD

[i<3mrchirpydoodlebirdy]

Awesome. If we get a bigger house I will have a huge room, one side my bedroom, one side my animal room where I will have guineapigs on the floor, and budgies, loose. And Hamster/mice mansions!

Its a great idea. I really hope you get some means of phototaking! What are your taming methods and did you ever clip the wings?

[Residue]

I had to clip the wings for the initial training or they'd be all over the place in that massive room lol. All I'd do is handle them constantly, even if it seemed like they didn't like it. I wouldn't like trap them in my hands or anything. What I did was I'd pick up the bird and he/she would jump off my hand right? So I'd pick it back up over and over again for about 30 minutes everyday until eventually they were ok with being handled.

[bananaz65]

ya
My babys have to be clipped parents rule so i did but they get around just fine. Kiwi will hop around the house looking for people. When he finds them he chirps like crazy then we out him on a perch near us and he will sing and chirp like crazy XD

[i<3mrchirpydoodlebirdy]

I just put ladders and ropes to their unreachable perch spots.

I am letting Sunnys wings grow out as she generally stays with Doods anyway, plus she HATES her wings being clipped.

[bananaz65]

ya but im talking about like aroudn the kitchen we have the rod near a window and so kiwi has to chirp but its alright for him becauise he loves the attention plus people are always aroudna nd my other two babys dont come out fo the cage too much mjuliette does but not romeo its because they are breeding and one baby and one egg XD

[Residue]

Ladders, that is a cool idea, hmm

Bananaz, I'm glad you mentioned the chirping, I completely forgot about how loud that room is lol. RockBox sings while the budgies chirp, it's like an echo chamber in there as well, maybe I should do something about that?

[bananaz65]

Hmm maybe
I dont know, if it bothers you at all you should but if not no point right?

[i<3mrchirpydoodlebirdy]

My budgies are out alot, but they just sit on top of their cage preening/eating or chewing on the grass i have there. They venture up the ropes and ladders but unless coaxed or moved they dont go much further.

[Residue]

I guess not, I was thinking more about the birds actually, with all that echoing loudness, maybe their little ears can be damaged?

[bananaz65]

o ya i didnt think of that hmm
Ya probley because the sound is different for them and they dont understand each other clearly

[Residue]

You think they wouldn't be able to understand eachother, why is that?

[bananaz65]

because of the eco it mixes with each other

[Residue]

I see, hmm.

[bananaz65]

ya thats what i think but o well
XD

[Residue]

ya thats what i think but o well
XD

You sure like that XD face lol

[bananaz65]

Ya i love it XD
My boyfriend is a game guy and he always does this XD
And so i started to that too.

[Residue]

A game guy eh? Sounds like somebody I'd like XD

[bananaz65]

ya i know eh

[i<3mrchirpydoodlebirdy]

:ot:
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So are all your budgies tame?

[tootsie]

i can't wait till tootsie flies to me VOLUNTARILY ... ;) she's only been with me for 10 days so i'm in the process of bonding with her a lot. Her wings are clipped and she does step up, sometimes even on my shoulder. However, I'm worried wether i should clip her wings when they grow. i don't want to ... but im soooo scared she'll wanna fly away and leave me. Im thinking ..." if they have full wings .. she would wanna fly away.. not be stuck with me and sleep in her cage " yikes .. that feeling sucks. Getting on a guilt trip evertyime.

[zarrion101]

Seems like you're progressing with Tootsie very well. :)

[CarolynB73]

The lady I got 2 of mine from has a room like that, well they over took her bedroom LOL Just becareful because they made holes in her walls, and now they are using the walls as nests and having babies.

[Residue]

Yes all my budgies are tame.

[avril]

I have 2 budgies that live inside and have free flight 24/7. They have a cage in the lounge room that is permanently open and the come and go as the please.

They have never flown out the back door and it is constantly open with heavy plastic strips there as the only deterent and that is too keep flies out as I live in the country.

Feral & Clompy are tame but love their freedom and go into their cage only to sleep.

If I had my way I would have all my budgies inside but I have 2 many for that.

[alicia]

yes it is true thats a good idea when i am older that was one of my plans i was gonna make a room 4 mine 2 i am indeed gonna but im gonna have cages there gonna have a room and like a bar tabel or something to hold all the cages around the room and have about 10 birds and like 15 cages 4 more more rrom

[sweetheart]

how can u guys all stand the mess from free flying birds in the home I might sound terrible but I cant even stand the seed from the cages Im an avairy kind of person cause the mess drives me nuts inside

[alicia]

well there poo turns into little balls witch makes it easyer to clen i can't let em roam free now because my cats i wish i never had roxy shes a mean B**** sorry to say but she smacked me good across the face i was watching t.v and there she comes up to my face no reason and smace with her claus

[BUUZBEE]

my breeder has a bird room for her big parrots. they each have a cage, but they are always open. I personally wouldnt have one, i live in earthquake country, and would hate for one to hit and windows break or worse yet, a fire started!

[alicia]

sad because you should move because like come to london great! great! place no robbers not much nois lots people friendly yeah it's great lots of pet stores

[BUUZBEE]

hehehehe, i'm english so i know just how london is. Sorry, you couldnt pay me to move back to england. no offence, i LOVE so cal weather!!!

(no robbers in london???)

[BUUZBEE]

whats so funny?

[redgirl]

London is a beautiful city but its just so busy busy busy all the time, nobody says hello. Sorry if I am offending anyone around these parts, but I prefer the North of England myself, far more friendlier and the yorkshire people are so lovely, people say hello in the street. I love London though but would never want to live in London. apart from where I live the next big city I would like to live in is Leeds or Liverpool xxx

[BUUZBEE]

If i were ever to go back, i would be in the country side again, lots of room for horses lol

[i<3mrchirpydoodlebirdy]

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha omg lmao ahahahahahaha omfg hahahahahahahan nonnononononono! ahahahah ahaha hohoho lmao london ontario ahahahahah lmaophhh hahaha i don't now why im laffing so much thats just so fuuuuunnnnnnyyyyyyyy
:stupid:







( i dont get whats funny?!)

[zarrion101]

London is a beautiful city but its just so busy busy busy all the time, nobody says hello. Sorry if I am offending anyone around these parts, but I prefer the North of England myself, far more friendlier and the yorkshire people are so lovely, people say hello in the street. I love London though but would never want to live in London. apart from where I live the next big city I would like to live in is Leeds or Liverpool xxx

I know what you mean and you're not used to it and don't like all the hustle and bustle it can be a bit scary, well it is for me.

My brother and his friend only went to the airport and his friend nearly got robbed. :o I know you might get that anywhere but I do prefer the countryside.

Um, I think it's time to get back on topic now. :D

[Introverted]

Hmm, Residue. You have no methods of taking pictures at all? Not a phone, camera, nor webcam? That is odd. Most people have at least one of those devices.

[vicks080]

That's nice to hear. My house is too small to have a room dedicated to budgies.

[pal0m1n0]

Hmm, Residue. You have no methods of taking pictures at all? Not a phone, camera, nor webcam? That is odd. Most people have at least one of those devices.


Most maybe, but certainly not all.

[spike]

I lived in London for 30 years, No robbers? honestly, you are kidding? My family and my Husband's family still live in London. Unless of course you are not talking about London England.

I think Id rather have my birds in their cages amongst the hustle and bustle of family life than a separate room where we go in to play and interract with them, but thats just my personal preference. :)