Toni Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 Hi, I'm new to this and getting an African Grey soon. Just wanting to know if using gravel on the bottom is good or is newspaper okay? Plus I guess there is other stuff that can be used. I just wnat to know what is the best choice. Any ideas would help. Thankyou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greylover Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 Well i use newspaper bec7uase some gravle is daugaraus (sory fir the spelling).Have alook on the internet about what kind of gravle you can use.Plus you will give a lot of adcice on this forum.That is where i got all myn from. This forum is the best forum ever for african greys. GOODLUCK TONI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talon Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 Hi Toni, and welcome! I use newspaper, it's cheaper and easy to dispose of for cleaning. I personally would be afraid Talon would try and put the gravel in her beak and accidently swallow it. But I'm sure there are others here that have used gravel perhaps and have better advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tari Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 I use newpaper. However my cage is far enough away I could use just about anything without fear of Que getting to it. However newpaper is cheep. I have several neighbors that give me theirs every week. I have boxes and boxes. lol Even take some to my breeder friends place to get it out of the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 I use newspaper too as we get the daily paper anyway. Its cheap and you can dispose of and change as often as you like, besides you can observe the color and consistency of the droppings on it to keep a check on their health. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greylover Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 When i first had my congo african grey chico.I put gravle in then i joined this forum and went on the net to see if you can get diffrent types of gravle.Anyway i found out that some gravle can kill them.So changed it straigh away. But there is some usefull info above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caspersmum Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 I'm a newspaper girl too - for the same reasons as the others - it's cheap, easy to clear up, and you can see what's down there! I have heard that coloured print isn't good for them, but that could just be one of those over-cautious things, and someone else might have something else to say about it. I've still got Casper's grid in the bottom of his cage, so he can't really get at it, but then some people say that's not good for them either. Sometimes you just can't win, and you just have to do what you feel is best! I've also heard of people using cat litter and clean wood shavings, though I don't really know anything about them (again, some people say cat litter's bad for them...). Hope I've not added to the confusion! Julia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number6 Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 I use newspaper too, at work, there is a 3 foot tall stack of old papers, so I just grab one every once in a while. I also keep some on the floor under her cage door to protect the carpet when she's standing on it. The open door is one of her favorite places to stand and eat or destroy wiffle balls.<br><br>Post edited by: Number6, at: 2007/06/10 21:34 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeasarsDad Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 Newspaper.. Why pay for something that you are only gonna throw away.. Unless of course you have a really fancy Tree Playstand.. Then I can see you might want to dress it up a bit with something other then newspaper.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lidia Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 Newspaper, makes it much easier to keep things clean. And avoid colourprint, keep it to the mostly B/W papers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 Like you Number6 I put some under the door too as it is a favorite place to sit and chat.:lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 Newspaper here too, you can just fold it and throw it away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deedee Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 pepsi has a grid at bottom of her cage so she cant get to the wood based cat litter i put in hers but then again she never seems to be in her cage, only to sleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greylover Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 I think it is better to use newspaper.It is quick and easy.Take a pice out then put a clean pice in.HOW HARD IS THAT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toni Posted June 13, 2007 Author Share Posted June 13, 2007 Thank you very much for your help. I'm happy to know that I reallly wont be in this alone. You guys rock !! Hey DeeDee I have 4 birds names in mind and Pepsi is my 2nd choice. It's either going to be Alcazar, Pepsi, Avery, Teeny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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