Shouldn't have to worry too much about the smells, just add aspen bedding/shavings to the bottom of the tank and clean it out once a week or every other week. You can also use the paper beddings that are used for hamsters and small animals (look at my avatar) Walmart and petstores will carry them (just thought of the name, it's Carefresh bedding).
bird in aquarium?
- Thread starter Connor0729
- Start date
Like Mad About Cichlids said. BUTTON QUAIL!
You could keep two, or three in a 55G. Screen top ofcourse. When young, wich they will be when you purchase them, you will want to buy one ofthose Red Heat lamps for reptiles and put it on one side of the enclosure to keep them warm. They are very easy to care for birds, and have great personalitys. Lots of people keep them, lots of resources out there for them. Just cxheck them up on google and you'll find alot of information.
You could keep two, or three in a 55G. Screen top ofcourse. When young, wich they will be when you purchase them, you will want to buy one ofthose Red Heat lamps for reptiles and put it on one side of the enclosure to keep them warm. They are very easy to care for birds, and have great personalitys. Lots of people keep them, lots of resources out there for them. Just cxheck them up on google and you'll find alot of information.
button quails...you should get substrate since the slippery glass or plastic bottom will spread their legs and cause splay leg.(like in ducklings)
and if they get spooked, quails fly and will break their neck by running into the screen top. use a really really fine soft cloth....as soft as your quilted northerns
but keeping psittacines in a glass tank is not a good idea...like others said the ventalation.
and there's a possiblity of them not seeing the glass and flying into them....brain damage, etc.
one thing though; wide cages are better than tall ones.like fish, birds don't fly up and down(unless it's a hummingbird) wide & tall is best though!!
and birds do not smell...come one it's a bird, how can it smell. they only eat seeds and pellets. well not all birds...back when i had owls their feces stank so bad!! like a dog's if you smelled really closely...
but no parrot or small songbirds will not produce odors...they'll only produce a mess with their seed-eating and molting.
get a wire bird cage, you'll love watching your bird(especially conures) hang upside down from the top...like bats.
and if they get spooked, quails fly and will break their neck by running into the screen top. use a really really fine soft cloth....as soft as your quilted northerns
but keeping psittacines in a glass tank is not a good idea...like others said the ventalation.
and there's a possiblity of them not seeing the glass and flying into them....brain damage, etc.
one thing though; wide cages are better than tall ones.like fish, birds don't fly up and down(unless it's a hummingbird) wide & tall is best though!!
and birds do not smell...come one it's a bird, how can it smell. they only eat seeds and pellets. well not all birds...back when i had owls their feces stank so bad!! like a dog's if you smelled really closely...
but no parrot or small songbirds will not produce odors...they'll only produce a mess with their seed-eating and molting.
get a wire bird cage, you'll love watching your bird(especially conures) hang upside down from the top...like bats.
Gr8KarmaSF;1271601; said:
i'm new so i've never seen it but i think you're talking about those water tubs you place under the bird cage...it's weird, there's a filter and the bird poop drops to the bottom(water) and it gets flushed in and around the cage stand or something...
i don't get the point of it though..
Gr8KarmaSF;1271601; said:
yeah with finches in it I think.. but don't think it's too simple to do and I think that was from asia.
JEAE21;1272495; said:
Why would you want to do that?
Back to the post.
Ive kept dozens of Homing Pigeons, Turkeys, Pheasants, Quail, Ducks, and even a baby Blue Herring but never any in anything smaller than a large dog kennel. None of these birds (besides the minnow devouring Blue Herring!) ate anything but seeds and there is definatley a smell.
Also maybe this is just my common sense talking but...how does putting the bird in a aquarium reduce the smell? It may concentrate it but that doesnt seem like a good idea either...your mom will walk by it and pass out from the fumes.
Yes, the only bird I've ever seen kept in an aquarium were Button Quails like mentioned. But I would never advice keeping a bird in an aquarium because most species need good airflow. If you want an interesting bird to keep OUTDOORS, get a Chukar Partridge. They are cool game birds and and they can become really tame it you get babies and will peck around your yard like chickens. I use to raise these guys.
its not as much the smell as it is allergies, and i figured that the glass might hold it in better than wire would. also, i would go with outdoor birds, but we have lots of racoons around here, and i have a feeling that the birds would slowly get picked off, one by one.
I dont think your allergies will really matter with a bird. I am allergic to MANY, MANY things. Atleast 100 things I am allergic too. I'm supposed to be allergic to cats, but I have one. Supposed to be allergic to dogs, and I have two of them. My Macaw is considered a No/Low dander bird, and he doesnt bother my allergies at all. Sometimes my nose gets kinda plugged up if I dont clean his cage each week, but when I clean it each week, I have no trouble at all. I have hm out of his cagr all the time, 6+ hours a day and I have never gotten rashes or sneezed while holding him. I have however had s sneeze fit while holding an umbrella cockatoo as they are considered high dander birds.
So I say if you keep up with cleaning, you should be fine with birds. Do you take medicine, or get shots for your allergies? I do both.
So I say if you keep up with cleaning, you should be fine with birds. Do you take medicine, or get shots for your allergies? I do both.
