Redecorating The Aviary!

[Bea]

I couldn't think of an indoor use for the awesome branch i found at the park the other day, so i decided to get creative and redecorate the aviary!

First things first i had to move the flock into the only clean spare cage i had...hmmm...
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Probably should try to work quickly.

Now for some BEFORE photos
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There was a rack of dowel perches in the covered part of the aviary, and a boing which i had stretched out as a big rope perch!

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And there were some branches in the front half too!

Next step was to empty the aviary of all the old stuff.
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I haven't seen the aviary looking like this for a looong time!

Then there was a bit of drilling holes and stringing beads on rope, to give me this where the dowel perches were!
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I beaded the rope i hung the branch with to stop the forever-chewing ladies from causing a big CRASH by chewing through the rope.

In the front half i had more branches and the rope perch too.
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So that's that! I was going to get the budgies when i thought there was one more thing the newly decorated could use before welcoming the flock back into their home!
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Fresh BOTTLEBRUSH!!
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So now there's just one thing left to do!
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FREEDOM!

And then it was time for everyone to explore their new jungle.
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And plenty of bathing opportunities in the damp leaves!

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A job well done in my opinion! And it looks to me like the flock is very happy with the improvements too!

[Plukie]

Wow, what a lot of work, but it was so obviously worth it, it looks fabulous and your little birdies look so happy to have a new home. In your photo FREEDOM, I looked at it and thought why on earth has Bea put a fan on top of the cage? Then I realised it was a budgie flapping his/her wings. LOL!!

[nic bike]

Wow so many budgies in one cage it must of took ages to put them in there and the aviary looks great.

[Laura]

Good job Bea!!! it looks great :D spoiled little birdies....

[xxxSpikexxx]

Looks great :D I bet they love it :)

[Rosie]

WOW, looks great. In fact, I wouldn't mind being a budgie in your aviary lol. I think I need to redecorate my aviary sometime....actually half term is coming up so maybe then. Also, are you budgies tame? Mine aren't lol.

[Kfontan]

It looks wonderful.

How big is your aviary?

[Aly]

Awww! That picture with all of them in one cage looks so funny! Talk about crowded..hehe. The aviary looks great-they look like they liked it. I mean to ask you, how do you get in and out of it without any of them flying out? Is there a safety door or something?

[Bea]

Thanks all!!

Now, there were a few questions.

It didn't take long to catch them all and put them in the small cage, about 5 mins of scooping them up in my butterfly net.

My aviary birds definitely aren't tame, but i managed to get through the whole exercise without getting bitten once! :p

The aviary is 1.5m x 1.5m x 1.85m :)

I don't have a safety door, there's a flap of plastic which hangs down and for the most part i cover any gap as i move into the aviary. I did nearly lose Bee when i was taking the little cage in yesterday, but i surprised myself with some impressively fast reflexes and netted her as she tried to make her escape.

[**TielHeart**]

WOW!
Very nice aviary very nicely done too! Lol. :p

[Tiki]

Great aviary Bea! and of course, adorable budgies! :)

[atvchick95]

I love your aviary

Is that a tin/metal shed? by any chance my b/f said it looks like one and would be a great idea to use one for an Aviary ( i think looking at your pictures got his mind a going lol) if so it's better then his 1st idea of an outside aviary thats for sure :)

[Bea]

There's our old shed behind the aviary, i've thought it'd be a good aviary but it's too much hassle for me. :p We just bought our aviary, it's Colourbond which is a major shed/fence brand here.

[feathers]

The aviary looks fantastic Bea! :D
You have a good knack for designing a fun and practical place for the birds to feel at home. With all the new branches/ leaves and toys they will have lots to do and are sure to be very happy.
Well done!:clap:

[atvchick95]

There's our old shed behind the aviary, i've thought it'd be a good aviary but it's too much hassle for me. :p We just bought our aviary, it's Colourbond which is a major shed/fence brand here.

oo okay, it looks great :D as does all your birds :-)

[Sophia]

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I love the aviary before and after, but I have got to say, the grey budgie in the middle of this photo, is SO CUTE!! :love: I only just found out today that you can get grey/black mutations, and I was dieing to see another picture of one! :D Thanks ! :)

[Bea]

I have three grey budgies, they're siblings called Yahtzee, Jenga and Domino. :)
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[nic bike]

Aww very cute I love grey budgies :love:!

[Avalon_Princess]

Wow looks great LOL, congrats on managing to capture so many budgies without getting bit, I got bitten 4 times just moving a budgie from her quarantine cage back to the main cage, evil little girl LOL.

[*Tiel_Heart*]

Wow that is very good!!!!

You rock BEA!!!