Hey all I got my travel case / cage today and well it looks plain and boring -

I want to add a little NEATNESS to it ..

 

The inside base is wood / timber and not sealed or treated with anything - Which means that any poo or etc

will mark and stain it ... So i was wondering can i use contact for the bottom so that any messes can be easily

cleaned???

okay so i am going with yes then????

Edited August 15, 200816 yr by maesie
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I would think it would be okay Neat as long as you watch that it doesn’t come up around the edges & a bird gets stuck to it, but by that time I guess it would have lost most of it’s stickiness.

I had a hunt around and could not fine anything that says no to this idea. In fact I really like the idea and was trying to work out how I can do it with mine!

 

I did find a few sites that said that contact was bad if they eat it but if you keep an eye on it they should be fine.

Sounds like a clever idea - my only concern is the adhesive used :rip:

Make sure there are no fumes - i always remember contact being stinky as a kid

I always just put paper in the bottom of my travel box when I use it, then throw away the paper when finished.

you'd have to make sure the budgies don't go to town nibbling on any edges etc which might lift up.

Make sure there are no fumes - i always remember contact being stinky as a kid

 

 

That's what I was thinking Liv - it's still stinky when I use it on the kids school books and it would be in a confined space in a travel cage?

Thanks Kaz - Newspaper, Now you tell me

 

Soooo, I pulled apart MY NEW travel cage to remove the base so that

there wouldn't be any parts that would unpeel and stick up

 

AND .... It was bloody paper not contact, after all the pulling apart and soo excited of painting and etc

 

So I have used Kids glue to glue the paper down, and tomorrow i will go and buy clear contact to cover that

the paper ... Then i will have to put the thing back together and find a new frame as i broke that

 

The things I do when i have an idea GRRRRRR

 

So once all is done i will post a picture, can't do it now cause it's all in bits

Edited August 15, 200816 yr by Neat

ha ha lol have fun with it its all a learning curve with animals trust me you allways get ideas if you think about it lol

 

 

cheers JoEl

Thanks Kaz - Newspaper, Now you tell me

 

Soooo, I pulled apart MY NEW travel cage to remove the base so that

there wouldn't be any parts that would unpeel and stick up

 

AND .... It was bloody paper not contact, after all the pulling apart and soo excited of painting and etc

 

So I have used Kids glue to glue the paper down, and tomorrow i will go and buy clear contact to cover that

the paper ... Then i will have to put the thing back together and find a new frame as i broke that

 

The things I do when i have an idea GRRRRRR

 

So once all is done i will post a picture, can't do it now cause it's all in bits

 

 

Give you something to do then Neat

Ohhh, yeah i just want everything done NOW !!!!!!

 

Thanks Kaz - Newspaper, Now you tell me

I use white paper

 

WHY ?? Because if its a new bird travelling home with you, you get to see what kind of droppings to guage its health and stress levels.

That is why i want contact on the base so if there are any nasties i can clean it better. and it isn't soaked in to the wood...

 

as Wile E. Coyote says back to the drawing board

If you were going to the trouble of pulling it apart to seal the edges into the wood join I would use thin lino instead of contact, tougher, less fumes and won't get holes or tear easily.

What on earth is contact?

What on earth is contact?

Adhesive plastic...like you cover schoolbooks with and shelves in cupboards.

Ooooh Like duraseal??? :budgiedance:

 

Different countries and their different product names.

Edited August 16, 200816 yr by Sailorwolf

Well it is done!!!!

 

I am waiting for it to dry and then I will post some pics :D

 

Lino was a thought, but yeah well the color didn't match to the paint I had picked

 

I will be lining it with paper though