FEATURE


Birds bred in wire cages: Crested Fiorino owned by Mrs Bolton


Then I came across some


cages made of UPVC, these would be washable and would not require painting, and they had removable trays which my current wooden cages didn’t have. But they were only available in doubles. I took the plunge and brought 8 double breeders which would go along the back of my revamped bird room. The bird room revamp involved lining the whole bird room out with insulation board, then papering it with lining


Also I found the birds were more flighty in the wire cages than in wooden cages which seemed strange to me, as I would have though it would have been the other way. But it was not. So at the end of last breeding season I


decided I was going to revamp my bird room, and in this I would replace my wooden cages. The question was with what? I looked at plastic breeding Cages, but a


friend had some and was not happy with them pointing out the problem he saw with them, so I had to look at some thing else. It looked like I would be going back to wooden cages, but which ones?


paper which was then painted in a light colour. Carmel Cream which was left over from decorating my house. This was all done in less than a week,


and I am happy with the result. My new cages arrived on the Friday and


were in place a day later,now we just need to have a good breeding season. So to sum-up wire cages, I am pleased I


tried them out but they just didn’t seem to suit my Lizards. I know many use them with great success on the continent, maybe the weather has a effect on this I am not sure. I have still retained the cages I brought


and am using them to breed my Fiorino frill’s in.


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