Hi all just was wondering about beach sand i have some left over from doing some small concrete jobs is it okay to put in my Aviary for the birds i know cutterfish is okay and shellgrit just wondered about beach sand if anyone could help i would appreciate it thank you .....John & Swanacilli

I wouldn't give it to them to eat but I do use cleaned sand pit sand on the bottom of my aviary - makes cleaning SO MUCH EASIER. I have not had any troubles with it. The beach can have lots of pollution so make sure you wash it very well.

Edited August 5, 200816 yr by **Liv**

I have cleaned sand on the bottom of our avairies and it is very easy to keep clean and the budgies love to forage around in it on the floor.

okay thank you ...i didnt explain myself to well sorry i got the sand from a sand and gravel merchant there sand would already be washed wouldnt it ? i will wash it just to make sure thank you for you comments.........

Ummmm - Sand on the bottom of the avairy, Now I want piccy guys's I am doing avairy reno's and that Idea seems very clean Do you use a poop scoop ( kitten litter one) to get the poo of the sand???

okay thank you ...i didnt explain myself to well sorry i got the sand from a sand and gravel merchant there sand would already be washed wouldnt it ? i will wash it just to make sure thank you for you comments.........

 

Yes that's the one, that's what we used.

 

 

Ummmm - Sand on the bottom of the avairy, Now I want piccy guys's I am doing avairy reno's and that Idea seems very clean Do you use a poop scoop ( kitten litter one) to get the poo of the sand???

 

 

Not a kitty litter scoop, just sweep the bottom of the avairy once a week and remove all the droppings etc and top up the sand when needed.

It's great, we laid it on top of pavers.

 

This is an old photo of when we were setting up our first avairy.

 

Edited August 5, 200816 yr by Denise

Here you go neat! Every budgie breeder LOVES to show the floor of their aviary - NOT

 

Here is my sand floor, there are pavers underneath the sand and i do a weekly clean (on tursdays) and a full sweep out and replace of sand every 4 weeks or so

 

I love all the little Itty Bitty foot prints they leave in the sand

 

I put sand on the bottom of Smokeys cage. You can get packets of it, specially for cages from big W. I just put it through some old shadecloth to clear out the leaves and poo etc each week... its great!

Edited September 8, 200816 yr by KAZ
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Here you go neat! Every budgie breeder LOVES to show the floor of their aviary - NOT :hap:

 

Here is my sand floor, there are pavers underneath the sand and i do a weekly clean (on tursdays) and a full sweep out and replace of sand every 4 weeks or so :hap:

 

I love all the little Itty Bitty foot prints they leave in the sand

 

I like the way you have the bricks laid out there Liv. Is there concrete underneath the sand? I've been contemplating how I will do my avairy floor when my house is finished. I had thought I'd do it the same was as my dad did it years ago and just pour a concrete slab, put sand down and put quail in there, but I'm no builder like my dad.

Here is my sand floor, there are pavers underneath the sand and i do a weekly clean (on tursdays) and a full sweep out and replace of sand every 4 weeks or so

 

Is that Thursdays or Tuesdays?

 

or turddays? lol

Here is my sand floor, there are pavers underneath the sand and i do a weekly clean (on tursdays) and a full sweep out and replace of sand every 4 weeks or so

 

Is that Thursdays or Tuesdays?

 

or turddays? lol

 

:hap: :hap: I LOVE funny typos!!!

You will find a lot of sand yards now days have washed sand as the Brick layers prefer the sand washed.