My sisters own two Guinee Pigs and i was woondering wether or not they would be safe to put in the aviary as well as the budgies??

I think they would be fine

I know someone who has guniea pigs in her aviary, and all is well.

The aviary would need to be large neough for both animals though, budgies and guniea pigs.

Thank i am hoping they will eat some of the left over seed husks ext.. My new quail lol lol

I wouldnt

How come?

How come?

because they are rodents

we spend all our time keeping mice and rats out

so seems silly to add a ginnipig the urinates are not only very strong in smell and they do atract mice

(i bred them two years back i gave up as i needed to decide pigs or birds ) they also can carry mite and eye infections that pass on

i know as mine were not in same cage and once their my birds got mite from the pigs as i forgot to wash hands before handling a nest :{

it can work but i wouldnt myself

How come?

because they are rodents

we spend all our time keeping mice and rats out

so seems silly to add a ginnipig the urinates are not only very strong in smell and they do atract mice

(i bred them two years back i gave up as i needed to decide pigs or birds ) they also can carry mite and eye infections that pass on

i know as mine were not in same cage and once their my birds got mite from the pigs as i forgot to wash hands before handling a nest :{

it can work but i wouldnt myself

I agree. Personally I wouldn't. Birds might eat the poos and get sick. I wouldn't risk my birds health.

Can i ask, is it okay to have quails in an aviary with budgies? I was told that budgies would kill and eat the quails if they wanted protein.

Edited July 17, 201015 yr by rachelm

plenty of people have quails in with their birds. I've never heard of the budgies attacking them. I believe there was a post on here about a budge that rode around on a quail.

As long as you kept the aviary clean, I don't think it is a problem. And if the animals are healthy. This is taken from a article on a hybrid bird:

 

The parent birds, which were in a half-enclosed aviary 2.5m x 1.5m x 1.8m high, were fed parrot mix and could also get into vegetable scraps and guinea pig food mixture that was intended for a few guinea pigs that live on the floor of the aviary.

 

Quails are fine, but I have had my budgies disrupt a nest the hen was sitting on.They ate her eggs, chicks inside. As long as I take eggs out, it is fine.

plenty of people have quails in with their birds. I've never heard of the budgies attacking them. I believe there was a post on here about a budge that rode around on a quail.

Good to hear. That must have been a sight

okay i will take them out then. it seams like it will become a problem. One other question. I have Iron sheeting coveriong the floor to keep out the rats ext. Can i cover this with a light cover of hay?

okay i will take them out then. it seams like it will become a problem. One other question. I have Iron sheeting coveriong the floor to keep out the rats ext. Can i cover this with a light cover of hay?

Hay will make birds want to nest and breed in it. It also will attract moulds. I would suggest white sand ...the kind they sell for childrens sandpits

 

You can buy that sand by the bag at garden places if you only need a small amount.

hmmm okay. thanks

How come?

because they are rodents

we spend all our time keeping mice and rats out

so seems silly to add a ginnipig the urinates are not only very strong in smell and they do atract mice

(i bred them two years back i gave up as i needed to decide pigs or birds ) they also can carry mite and eye infections that pass on

i know as mine were not in same cage and once their my birds got mite from the pigs as i forgot to wash hands before handling a nest :{

it can work but i wouldnt myself

I agree. Personally I wouldn't. Birds might eat the poos and get sick. I wouldn't risk my birds health.

Can i ask, is it okay to have quails in an aviary with budgies? I was told that budgies would kill and eat the quails if they wanted protein.

 

my budgies killed all my quail

mind you i never had any probs with this before i got into the show birds

the pets didnt hurt them but the show budgies killed them all

specially if they breed

it ends up more pain than worth in my opinion

but i really do miss my quail i was thinking of trying to get one of the bigger ones they wouldn't atack it then i wouldnt think

How come?

because they are rodents

we spend all our time keeping mice and rats out

so seems silly to add a ginnipig the urinates are not only very strong in smell and they do atract mice

(i bred them two years back i gave up as i needed to decide pigs or birds ) they also can carry mite and eye infections that pass on

i know as mine were not in same cage and once their my birds got mite from the pigs as i forgot to wash hands before handling a nest :{

it can work but i wouldnt myself

I agree. Personally I wouldn't. Birds might eat the poos and get sick. I wouldn't risk my birds health.

Can i ask, is it okay to have quails in an aviary with budgies? I was told that budgies would kill and eat the quails if they wanted protein.

 

my budgies killed all my quail

mind you i never had any probs with this before i got into the show birds

the pets didnt hurt them but the show budgies killed them all

specially if they breed

it ends up more pain than worth in my opinion

but i really do miss my quail i was thinking of trying to get one of the bigger ones they wouldn't atack it then i wouldnt think

I really love quails . I might buy some in the future. At the moment I'm only focusing on my budgies. I don't think I'd have them in with my budgies, after what you said GB .

We have quails in Kens aviary and despite eggs and hatchings we have never had any successful chicks that make it past day two.