Oct 7, 2011 16:29:59 GMT
MattJ
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Post by MattJ on Aug 4, 2012 11:37:18 GMT
Hello,
I'm moving house soon and looking at new places. At the moment I have blinds over the windows in Puck's room because it opens right out on to the street.
I'm going to be working from home a lot so I'd like the new place to be light and airy. Trouble is Puck's out the cage all day and I'd like to have him in the same room as me.
So, any tips for budge proofing a window? I'm going to still be renting so any solutions have to be semi permanent.
Something like the wire Marianne has over her window would be good but maybe a bit to permanent will only know when I see the place. Maybe bubble wrap like Robert had? Any other ideas?
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Post by stace on Aug 4, 2012 11:52:08 GMT
The easiest thing to do is to cellotape some A4 paper or similar to the glass. You only need to maybe stick up one, maybe two, on each window, not cover every inch of the glass. It just makes them realise there's glass there.
You can also get modern takes on the old style net curtains. They are very thin and transparent. Don't know where you'd get them in the UK, but someone else might. I made some for my bedroom. The fabric is very light with a very open weave. They don't stop light coming in at all.
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Feb 29, 2012 21:44:11 GMT
Bird Junky
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Post by Bird Junky on Aug 4, 2012 13:01:27 GMT
Hello .By light & airy do you want the window open As well as protecting the glass? If so, fix wire net on a wood frame to fit on to the window frame (removable) .....B.J.
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Post by Hezz on Aug 5, 2012 1:59:20 GMT
If you wish to keep the window panes free from curtains, blinds etc, Matt, as Stace said a couple of sheets of paper, any kind stuck up on the windows for the first week or two. What I do with mine - I have huge sliding glass door both ends - is cover the majority of the glass for a day or two, then remove some, maybe a half or third of the paper for the next day or two, then a few more and a few more, until you have completely taken the paper away. The timing is simply what I have found works, but you may want to leave it longer before you start removing paper, and leave longer in between. What ever works for you, but you get the idea. All up I think I have had the paper up for about two weeks. But then the new bird had another to follow and learn the layout from too, whereas Puck doesn't.
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Jul 21, 2012 17:20:14 GMT
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Post by sweetie on Aug 6, 2012 17:17:01 GMT
If it was me I would tightly tack some net all around the windo frame, that way the light gets in and you can have the window open without an escapee lol
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Oct 7, 2011 16:29:59 GMT
MattJ
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Post by MattJ on Aug 18, 2012 23:06:09 GMT
thanks for the advice, I guess I'll know what to do when I find the place I'm nervous having him around windows as my childhood budgie died from flying into one. After years of being free to fly in the same room with only a few incidents early on he fell fowl because our christmas tree seemed to throw him off his usual flight path. Was strange cause he was so used to the windows ... his favourite place was running along the window ledge playing with his reflection
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Post by samwiseg on Aug 19, 2012 8:12:31 GMT
If you do go for nets, can recommend: www.wilkinsonplus.com/ as they do quite reasonable prices. We have an 12ft wide window in the lounge and managed to get last year 4 panels of plain nets for just £16! So maybe worth a look? Hope that helps
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