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Karen,
I love your decorating style and the colors you use.....and those curtains are just gorgeous! If the birds don't like it, I wouldn't mind living there! LOL Good luck with the aviary....I'm not sure about the question you asked concerning the pigeons and doves, but I'm sure someone will be along with some good advice real soon. Linda |
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Karen, I really enjoy seeing the porch and all that you do to it each time, it's just going to be perfect. As for the doves and pigeons, it really depends on the personalities of the individual pigeons. I have one male pigeon who used to have a dove mate (separated because he grew too big and rough with her); now every time he sees a dove, he thinks it is her (six years later!!) and tries to corral it into his nest, male or female. So he is definitely a "dove bully" and cannot be around the doves. What I did recently was set up another aviary and place the youngest and smallest of my pigeons into, and a few with no "attitudes". Then I took the doves (they were living in a large cage inside the tent aviary with the pigeons) and put them into the new aviary with the small birds and youngsters. Everyone has been doing just fine and I haven't seen anyone bossing the doves around, though I will of course keep a close eye on them as they get older. If you have female pigeons, or small ones, or they have calm and mellow personalities, I think you will be fine to put the doves in with them. If you have a bully bird or large territorial male, I would not put them together. Hope that helps some. Oh, you may have thought of this already, but you can always put a remnant of linoleum down on the floor and make for easy cleaning, just swap out the pieces and hose off. Thanks for going to so much trouble to make your birds so happy.
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Sadly, I already have an interspecies personality conflict brewing. In fact, it is a dove with attitude who is the problem. The pigeons tend to ignore the doves, but little Professor Plum the dove is full of mischief and likes to tease the pigeons, who in turn will try to wallop him out of annoyance. He will just not give up - he must find it amusing to make them mad. So I will have to keep them separated somehow. (it would be funny to watch except i am so scared for his safety i now keep separate exercise schedules for them) Thanks again for your kind words and great advice ![]()
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Professor Plum!!!! LOL!
I absolutely LOVE that name, it's hilarious. And such an apt name for a dignified little dove. Yes, it sounds like you would have a problem with him teasing the pigeons and them retaliating at some point, that's too bad. I would think you could put up a simple divider, maybe even some sort of see-through heavy cloth that is well-tacked, or a light screen or netting from the hardware store. It wouldn't have to be heavy duty; pigeon generally don't try to get through things they know they can't get through, as far as I've seen. Professor Plum, that is too cute. ![]()
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Haha - yes it turned out to be the perfect name for my little smartypants
![]() Even his incredibly docile little cagemate Oliver gets annoyed with him at times. Incorrigible but so cute! Perhaps I can rig up some kind of divider out of the extra screening....will work on that idea.
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Hi Karen,
The divider is just what I pictured it would look like, very classy. Looks like everything is coming along nicely. Thanks for sharing.
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Thanks everyone for your kind words and your helpful advice!
I know that the birds don't care about the colors, curtains, etc. But I have a "thing" about decor. And I am going to be spending lots of time out there, so it might as well look nice ![]()
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On the other hand.......it does look very pretty and quite elegant.......I'm sure the birds are going to just LOVE it........
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A room with a view. How lovely too.
I'll bet the birds do care about colors. Otherwise why wouldn't all birds be browns, grays, whites, and black. You could do an experiment and see what their color preferences are And for the bombing run splatter (since we KNOW they'll be at the windows), maybe acrylic panes at the windows. You could hose those down as well as the linoeleum. Beautiful aviary.
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Cindy (AZWhitefeather) uses clear plastic on the floor of her aviary. Works great and cleaning is really easy.
You might want to PM her about what kind she uses. Your place is just beautiful...what spoiled birds you have! Just the way it SHOULD BE! Hugs Shi & Squeaks |
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Hi all!
Regarding the windows... I had thought of that too, haha! Although they have not really shown much interest in the windows so far when I've let them out to play. I may figure out a way to cover the window openings with screening or plexi if it starts to become an issue. I'm going to supervise their first few weeks of "freedom" very carefully and adjust for any safety or convenience concerns I might have missed. (rearranging is the fun part!) The curtain rods are skinny and recessed a bit into the frames though so they may not like perching there. Let's cross our fingers (yeah - my washer has seen its fair share of pigeon bombed items already...mostly my clothing )Clear plastic on the floor sounds ingenious! Will have to look into that as well. Thanks again!!!!
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