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Does Nugget just sit in your hand preening? He's going to be your little buddy!!
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If you have a wood floor on the loft I would just keep it bare and get yourself a nice floor scraper to clean it. If I had a wood floor I would also throw a bit of sweet PDZ down just to keep it cleaner or dry up any messy poop. I think BP might use shavings or straw on the floor of his but he'll have to confirm this.
I only have two at the moment and will probably be giving the babies away to a local flier in all honesty so I have more of a hutch style loft that's just big enough for a few birds to sleep in or get out of the wind. In that I have a wire floor. In the aviary I have sand and dirt mixed in with some gravel of various sizes. In the aviary the sand and gravel dry quickly but I wouldn't use sand in a loft if it was going to get damp, personally. There's a lot of reasons not to use it even outside because little bits of feces always get mixed in no matter how much you clean it but a solution is just to dump more sand on top to replace what gets scraped out and soiled.
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Your climate makes a difference which is a good reason to put your state or general location in your profile. I think you said before, but I forget! Haha
I agree wood shavings make a terrible mess blowing out of the loft to the surroundings. I have a treated plywood floor inside my enclosed loft although rain sometimes blows in a little. I use nothing on the floor so I scrape the poop up frequently - the goal is daily.
So remind us - Do you have a wood floor? Dirt? Wire?
in all of my lofts, I use straw. They are all dryed in though, so in a aviary, I'm not sure how it would work. It wouldn't last long. One of my lofts is a dirt bottom, but I keep 6+ inches of straw on it. I never like to keep My wooden floors visible. Even daily scraping causes them to still walk in their droppings.On a side note, what do you guys use as flooring for your lofts?
sand can harbor diseases, even when it is dry. I believe it holds coccidiosis and paratyphoid. I personally wouldn't use it in my lofts.Do you think sand will be okay if it still gets wet? Or should I use something else?
Have to agree with you here... never know what is out there.sand can harbor diseases, even when it is dry.
Hah! Gotta be careful!Have to agree with you here... never know what is out there.
Perfect example!Have to agree with you here... never know what is out there.
All too fitting for these particular times, tooPerfect example!