To those bird owners who have had both........a question

[Jessica12345]

Well I dont have the biggest parrot in the world, lol. Its more like a small parrot. But like everyone has said, they live longer and its a bigger commitment. oh and dont forget bigger poops. LOL, the smarter they are also, the quicker they might get bored. You will need to supply lots of toys, and big toys at that, to keep his mind going. Like cmounsey had said, bigger toys, bigger cage, takes up more space. This basicly means it takes more money! oh and, not trying to freak you out in anyway, they could probibly bite harder as well.

On the bottom of the cage i use newspaper as well. I find it easy, that everytime i walk by the cage, I just take off one dirty layer and leave the rest of the clean layers right under it. I Put the newspaper on TOP of the grate, because tiki LOVES to roll on her back on the newspaper and dig tunnels through it.

[popcornbird]

Jessica, do you put like a whole stack of newspapers and just keep picking up the dirty layers? Wow. That sounds easy. I usually discard the old one and put a new sheet of news paper everyday. Don't you have a grate at the bottom of Tiki's cage that goes above the tray? If not, how do you keep Tiki from walking on her poop?

[Jessica12345]

Yes, there is a grate. I put the news paper on the TOP of the grate and i put tons of layers... like when im done reading the newspaper i just put it on layer by layer and it lasts a really really long time. I use the tray for storage and i put her food and treats on it. its very easy.

Because there are so many layers i just pic one up almost everytime i go to see her so its clean. But tiki never walks in her poop anyways... im not sure if other birds would though.