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11/01/2026

I've made the decision to open our home to other animals that I am passionate about.

Im still trying to figure out how to update the pages name to include more than just the aviary.

In the last 2 years, I've included 4 reptiles to our collection. We have a Stimson python called Ivar the Boneless, Meleys the Bearded Dragon, Honey the Albino Darwin Carpet Python, and Lucy the Robust Velvet Gecko. In the coming weeks I'll be incorporating them into my feed, so if reptiles aren't your thing, look away now! Enjoy the new content to come!

21/09/2022

4 babies so far 🥰 Merlin is a daddy yet again

09/11/2021

Jacko identifies as a Bunny

08/09/2021

There is one thing that I would like all of my followers to consider; I would like all of you (especially if you own birds of any kind, or plan to) to think about getting your birds microchipped. If your bird happens to escape and fly off and someone happens to find it, if the person takes the bird to ANY vet, it can be checked for a microchip. Provided your details are up to date on your birds microchip, your bird has a better chance of finding its way home than if it isn't chipped.

If your bird escapes and is chipped, it should always be included in the details in any lost bird posts and flyers, always have up to date pictures of your bird(s), so if any changes have happened, it can be used as an identifying feature.

Lost birds very rarely find their way home safely, a lot of the time, lost birds end up being wrongfully claimed, killed by a cat, dog, hawk or other predators or die of starvation. At least with a microchip, they at least have a better chance of finding their way home quickly and safely.

One day, I aim to have all of my birds microchipped to ensure their safety. Cosmo is the only one who is chipped at the moment.

01/09/2021

13 Ways to Really Prepare Yourself for Getting a Pet Bird

Are you thinking about getting your first pet bird? This 13-step guide will emotionally and physically prepare you for what it’s like to live with one. If you follow this, you will have a fairly good idea what it’s like to have one of these lovely creatures in your house.

1. Take a big bite of carrot. Chew it up well, but don’t swallow it. Now go out to your dining room and spew it all over the wall. Leave it there until it dries. Get a sponge and a scraper and scrape it off the wall. Repeat at least three times a week.

2. Go to the bird supply store. Buy everything you need for the month. Then with the leftover money, go to the grocery store and pick up a five-pound box of macaroni, some parmesan cheese and some margarine. These provisions should last you about two weeks, and it’s about all you’ll be able to afford after all that money you spent at the bird supply store.

3. Take a newspaper to the bird supply store. Place it in the bottom of an empty birdcage. Read it while it’s laying on the bottom of the grate. This is how you will be reading the newspaper from now on.

4. Get some pelleted diet, some chopped up vegetables, borrow some bird p**p from the bird supply store (they’ll look at you funny, but they probably won’t charge you for it), some parrot feathers, pieces of bird toy parts, some wood chips and some almond shells. Combine in a one-gallon container. Throw some of it on the floor. Now clean it up. Throw more of it on the floor. Now clean it up. Repeat at least twice a day.

5. Get a screwdriver from your toolkit. Make some gouges in the paint on the wall. And while you’re at it, use it to rip one of your lampshades and smack up a couple of picture frames.

6. Make sure you know the meaning of all of these terms: Cloaca, preen gland, PDD, PBFD, calcium to phosphorus ratio, polyomavirus, E.N.D., and boing. This task involves a lot of research. At least you'll be on your phone for a good reas

09/08/2021

I got a bit of a surprise this morning when I opened the incubator.

Surprise!!

04/08/2021

So breeding season has officially started!
At the moment I have 5 eggs in the incubator from my Green Cheek Conures (the hen was not sitting on the eggs very well and has cracked them), 4 eggs have unfortunately not survived so far. With one egg due to hatch any day, things are starting to get busy here.

12/07/2021

Now up and running is our new website!
click the link below to check it out!

22/06/2021

As some of you are aware, I am a member of various bird groups to expand knowledge.

Knowledge is Power.

A question was asked on one of them about what people look for when they are purchasing a home in regards to keeping birds and making sure they are safe. This was my answer:

Location of various rooms, is your potential bird room close to the kitchen? If it is, is it easily isolated to prevent cooking fumes from entering the bird room? How much storage does it have? Are mice able to enter without troubles? Are the floors easily cleaned? If you have excessively dusty birds, will the bird room be close to other bedrooms (dusty birds can create breathing problems, or exacerbate athsma)? Ask the real estate about potential health problem causing materials like asbestos, or lead paint.
Natural light- are your birds able to get natural light and fresh air where your potential bird room is located? Eg: the morning or afternoon sun in the winter, morning sun in summer and able to stay cool in the summer?
Are your neighbours going to be annoyed by your birds making various noises throughout the day? Are they going to think that you have a hostage in your house (my birds scream like my children, and I am honestly worried that someone is going to call the authorities on me for leaving children at home alone when it's really my birds).
Are there screens on all the windows if you have an escapee?
Look for any environmental hazards, are there neighbours that spray poisons on plants around your home? Is there mould around the house?

I think I've covered everything I look for in a house for safety for my birds and children 🤔

25/05/2021

Nobody Told Me:-

I had hints, I had advice, I had cautions, but nobody told me how owning birds would completely take over my life.

Nobody told me I'd become a bird store j***y, standing at the checkout counter in bliss until half way home and then wondering just how long it would be before the Visa came in or my husband asked for the check book to balance the account.

Nobody told me my husband would say, "I think you ought to stay away from the bird store. You seem to have lost all control". Hmmmm ... Me?

Nobody told me when I saw a particular cage for $595 I might think
"Wow, that IS a good deal." Or when someone mentioned a $4,000 cage, I could see the reason some people might need a cage like that.

Nobody told me that I would be up at 7:00am on Sunday morning peeling yams and apples to cook so they would be added into a corn meal and wheat cereal mash.

Nobody told me I wouldn't mind when feeding that mash to my bird he would shake his head with that mixture flying in every direction, on to my carpet, on to my clothes, on to my face.

Nobody told me how much money I would spend on food, how much of it I would buy and just how little my birds would like any of it.

Nobody mentioned that once you own birds you need an extra freezer in the garage.

Nobody told me that I would spend an hour standing with my hand on a tree branch watching for hawks so my bird could hang out in the sun and chew new buds.

Nobody told me I would be on the computer at all hours talking and
reading about birds.

Nobody told me I would make friends I will never see and that I would worry about them and theirs as if family.

Nobody told me I would check my son's bed for old or damaged stuffed animals to give to the bird like that stuffed cat. He never really liked it and it is missing a leg anyway.

Nobody told me I would do two extra loads of laundry a week with bird towels and sheets.

Nobody told me every morning I would put a sheet over my covers, litter my bed with weird wood

07/05/2021

Nothing like unwrapping and assembling a brand new brooder for the upcoming breeding season!

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https://black-wattle-aviary.my-free.website/

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