Wow! Thanks for sharing 😊 That’s a super handy and practical system! Like that it stays clean much better. Haha yeah, you start with one or two budgies and before you know it you have many 😋

When I started to had more and more. 3 to 4 in every clouch, I bought from another aviaries so they will not inbred. Today I cud say that I'm an expert. Cheers

@@manny.u1958 yeah, very important to not inbreed!

Thanks for your kind words 😊 Bark chips sounds lovely too. I love the smell of wood 😊

Glad to hear! 😊

Yeah, some people use it. Some downsides could be that it’s quite costly and it can get messy.

I would love to but unfortunately we do not have the aviary anymore because we moved 😕 Pretty much the only other video about the aviary that I have is this one: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gN15mKuY0srXm4U.html I can see if I have enough material of when we had the aviary to make a video about how I cleaned it 😊 I can at least share some of my experiences, even if we do not have access to the aviary anymore.

Our birds managed the cold surprisingly well, even when it was -15 degrees celcius. They had an area in the aviary that was closed on all sides (only with one hole to enter). There it stayed surprisingly warm because of the wood (which maintains its temperature really well). There are some people that use heaters that are especially for aviaries but I’ve never tried that myself. But budgies are quite good at keeping themselves warm because they got very used to cold climates in Northern Europe and even where they are from (the Australian desert) it can get very cold at night in winter.

Thanks for the tip :) In our case, we didn't have dry leaves available because we were living somewhere where it was raining almost all the time. But I think dry leaves can be an option otherwise :)

I tried it but I personally don’t like it that much. It gets quite messy and is not that easy to clean. With humidity it gets kinda smelly as well.

Fair enough! For us it’s more about practicality, low-cost, availability, etc. The birds don’t seem to care much about the cage floor anyway. They spend like 99% of their time on the perches, the roof, and outside of the cage 😋

We did try sand in a cage, but we didn't really like it. It's too dusty and not as easy to clean as wood pellets.

@@misty_blue ah alright thanks I was thinking between sand or wood I'll be going with the wood floor now thanks for the advise!

@@SwirlyMite my pleasure! 😊 What I like about the wood is that it soaks up moisture, which makes the aviary much less smelly. The birds also love to forage between the pellets. We live in a wet climate, so sand was not ideal because it stays more wet.

Hm yeah, I can imagine that it gets quite messy with paper in an aviary. I think both orchid bark and coconut husk have potential. Most importantly, they should be high quality and not treated with chemicals. And I think it’s best when the pieces are not too small or stringy (I once had it that a bird’s wing got stuck in thread 😨 Thank God she’s fine though). Our birds were always playing with the wood chips in the aviary, so I noticed it was best when the pieces were medium/large size and they didn’t come with toxic elements. Hope you find a good alternative for your aviary! 😊

@@misty_blue That's really good advice. I'm striving to make things nicer. In my local store they sell apple wood and maple wood chips for kindling bbq advertising that they are non toxic and safe to use for cooking so I was thinking they would be fine for the budgies. Any thoughts?

That sounds like a good idea since it’s also considered safe for humans to cook with 😊 And apple and maple wood are both safe for budgies.