Re: Plucking or ???
Posted by JKCASWELL on 1/12/08

On 1/12/08, karen wrote:
>>>> Jenn
>>> I should also add, I switched from newspaper to Corn Cob
>>> bedding about 2 weeks ago. She can not reach it, so I know
>>> she is not ingesting any of it, or coming in contact with
>> it,
>>> but she is curious about it.
>>>
>>> Jenn
>
> Please get rid of that corn cob!!
> Go back to using news paper
> A layer of paper can be removed in seconds and no dry poop dust
> The corn cob is a wonderland of mold and bacteria!!
> If the bird gets some in her crop it will puff up like a sponge
> and not pass. -Dead bird-
> Corn cob is some Bad stuff and should not be used around birds
> I have been to the places this stuff is processed
> -rats,mice,mold,bugs,nasty- & remember mouse poop dust has
> hookworms that can get into your bird FROM THE DUST!!
> Just place severial layers of paper in the bottom of the cage &
> remove a layer 1 or 2x a day.

Thanks for responding so quickly. What you both have said, makes
perfect sense. The bag states it has been multi cleaned and
sanitized, but that can easily be misrepresented. I clean out any
messy stuff everyday, using a kitty litter scoop, especially under
her water bowl, as she loves to throw out 90% of her water. That
was what my decision to try the corn cob. It soaked thru the
newspaper, and was rusting the tray. I think I will try putting a
large cookie sheet on that part where it is always wet, and going
back to newspaper. I have not noticed any dust or mold in the
bedding, but I am not as sensitive as my birds are.

I am hoping that her missing feathers are a result of her trying to
grab the corn cob, and that I haven't started a bad habit. I
suppose if that is the case, I can somehow, get the grate
improvised, so she can not get her leg thru.

Thanks again

Jenn

Posts on this thread, including this one

• Plucking or ???, 1/11/08, by JKCASWELL.
• Re: Plucking or ???, 1/11/08, by JKCASWELL.
• Re: Plucking or ???, 1/12/08, by Meeko's Mom.
• Re: Plucking or ???, 1/12/08, by karen.
• Re: Plucking or ???, 1/12/08, by JKCASWELL.
• Re: Plucking or ???, 1/12/08, by Meeko's Mom.
• Re: Plucking or ???, 1/12/08, by JKCASWELL.
• Re: Plucking or ???, 1/14/08, by Verdell.
• Re: Plucking or ???, 2/03/08, by greenwing.