Cage Liner

[ZephyrDarkwolf]

I was hoping for suggestions for cage and play stand liner. Right now we're using corn cob material but we're unhappy with it because we've had issues with moths coming from it. It's rather unsanitary! I was hoping that you all can share your experiences and recommendations!

[Luvparrots]

line my birdies' cages with good old newspaper. The cages are the exact length to put newspaper. Works great for me!

[CathyJr]

I use newspaper also

[Ray P]

Newspaper works also you could get a roll of shelf paper that you can cut to size. Our t-stands we use paper roll towels.

When you use paper you just lift the paper out and toss. Quick and easy.

[Codys Mom]

corn cob bedding is very bad for birds it carrys bacteria big time you would be better off going with news paper or cage liners for the health of your bird ,just a little warning and if the bird ever eats it you could have serious problems their

[Doug]

The local "newspaper" is just a couple inches too small (short dimension on the cage, long dimension on the paper) so I end up using four sheets. Closest I've come to reading a newspaper in years. It used to irritate me that I couldn't get them to stop sending the paper to my house. (I think it is littering, since I didn't ask for it...) I would use it to start fires and in the charcoal chimney. Now I use more than I get and have to have friends bring over old papers...

 

(Eight sheets a day for the cage bottom and the playtop...)

 

I'm thinking about getting pre-cut sheets or a roll. Suggestions for a good deal?

[bran]

You know, I actually was just thinking about this very topic! Years ago my aunt had an Amazon, and in the bottom of his cage, she had playground sand, and would just sift out the poop with a hand strainer, very similar to cat litter. It seemed to work very nice for her.... anyone else tried this concept??

[Doug]

You know, I actually was just thinking about this very topic! Years ago my aunt had an Amazon, and in the bottom of his cage, she had playground sand, and would just sift out the poop with a hand strainer, very similar to cat litter. It seemed to work very nice for her.... anyone else tried this concept??

 

Heck, if it was just the poop/urine/urea, I would just wipe it up. (That's what I do on the window stand.) No, it is all of the bits of veggies. The pellet food. Shredded toys. The cage bottom is a MESS! Every day as I change the newspaper lining I tell Ellie that she is ALMOST as messy as my thirteen year old daughter...

[Amali]

I get pre-cut white paper liners. The cheapest I've found so far is Drs. foster and Smith online. I can put a good sized stack in the tray and just peel off the top messy layer each morning. They are coated almost like wax paper on one side so no soaking through to bottom layers.

[emlee]

I might check into those papers. Right now I use news papers.

[Doug]

I get pre-cut white paper liners. The cheapest I've found so far is Drs. foster and Smith online. I can put a good sized stack in the tray and just peel off the top messy layer each morning. They are coated almost like wax paper on one side so no soaking through to bottom layers.

 

Don't you get a lot of bits of this and that between the edges of the stack and the "wall" of the tray?

[Amali]

A little bit may stick around, but not much at all. I have been just putting a few days' worth of paper in and then using a hand vacuum and some vinegar/water to sanitize the tray when the stack runs out. Then refill and repeat.

[kins2321@yahoo.com]

They are sooo messy! We all do different things! I put newspaper at the bottom of their cage. I also put painters plastic, underneath their cages and gym. I tend to clean cages quicker than I change the plastic. We clean together. Kids are involved, and we attack the mess together. Nancy