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Post by Azalea on Jun 7, 2024 15:27:37 GMT
How many food/water dishes do you use, compared to the number of birds in a cage? (Other than one bird having their own set, of course).
Our eight Budgies have four food dishes and two water. I noticed that I rarely see more than three trying to eat at the same time. This seems to work.
Our two Cockatiels have two for food (one for water) because Kona was chasing Pepper away from food sometimes. This has actually stopped for some reason, but we keep using both just in case.
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Post by Loz on Jun 7, 2024 15:40:57 GMT
Good question, should spark some interesting ideas!
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Post by Ira on Jun 7, 2024 19:27:02 GMT
My 4 tend to all eat at the same time, at leqst initially, but that might be because their food is split up into 'meals'.
I have 1 water bowl because this has never been a point of contention.
As for food, it varies.
I have bowls, soy sauce plates, and bigger plates (but still smaller than you'd typically use for a sandwich).
So I either use 4 bowls/soy sauce plates because they're small, or 1-2 of the larger ones.
Neither option seems to cause an issue. Having separate means they have a tendency to go from one to the other to see if someone else's has better offerings, but does prevent someone from dominating the food. Not that I've had that happen. The boys girls will sometimes make the boys back off but rarely for even half a minute and then they'll share again.
I believe the general rule for all pets' resources is 1 each plus 1 extra, but I guess it really depends on dynamics and also how things are arranged.
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Jun 8, 2024 7:38:09 GMT
I have two long feeders in each of the bigger cages.
The smaller vision has two little D shaped seed troughs one for each bird.
I also have 7 glass ashtrays (unused, bought for this purpose) that have a layer of seed in them, on the top of the cages.
10 birds, but two of them don't come out as they cannot fly.
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Post by skysmum on Jun 18, 2024 21:24:31 GMT
Three feeders for 4 birds and two bunny bottles here.
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Post by Loz on Jun 18, 2024 21:56:26 GMT
Twenty-two seed/pellet bowls, two bowls for chop, four veggie skewers, three Herb Jungles and four Forage Gyms. Plus veggies attached to various perches.
For water - one oven dish, two bowls and one fountain.
Plus any meal I'm eating can be subject to inspection and/or raiding.
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Jun 19, 2024 14:58:17 GMT
Blimey loz, you must get through a lot of food/seed/pellets! |
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Post by Loz on Jun 19, 2024 15:24:57 GMT
Blimey loz , you must get through a lot of food/seed/pellets! I do but I have been able to fine-tune how much seed & pellet I put out. I now have almost zero seed wastage and the minimum possible wasted pellets. The veggie bill is eye-watering though  |
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Jun 19, 2024 15:36:33 GMT
I bet it is!!
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