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>One of my F.S. Zoo's favorite things is when I change >out the bedding. Boy, that night is Cotton Ball >Party! LOL!! The next morning I know I will have a >mess to clean up, for I think they spend the ENTIRE >night shredding and moving them around and then >arranging them to suit their little whimsical selves. >They stash pieces on the tree branches, on the ropes >and hanging chew toys, in the corners, behind nest >boxes, etc. Sometimes when I open the door to the >inside aviary room, it looks as though it has snowed! >Being well trained by my crew, I NEVER remove all of >the old bedding at once; I'll do some nest boxes with >new and wait a few days to finish the rest--course, >I'll find a smidgen of the old piled in with the new, >and that's OK, too. > > > > > >>(100% cotton balls (not to be confused with 'cosmetic >>puffs') ...) have always been my flyers bedding of >>choice, too. While I've never seen any of my flyers' >>pups get 'threads' of cotton wrapped <U>anywhere</U>, >>I have seen that 'cosmetic puffs' can create threads >>that are very resistant to seperation or 'breaking', >>and thus create a danger. 'Cosmetic puffs' are >><U>polyester</U>, not cotton -- and that is why they >>create tough 'threads'. The 100% cotton always >>shreads down into small 'pills' of material, very >>comfortable for the flyers. That's not to say one >>can't bed on paper -- flyers will shread toilet tissue >>into reasonably confortable bedding -- but given the >>choice, my flyers do use the cotton balls. >> >>As to the seeds, I usually leave the appple and pear >>cores for my bunny, Ahab -- who's now in his >><I>ninth</I> year, and doing just fine -- but like >>Dennis, I've seen that given the choice, my flyers eat >>apple pips with no trouble. I've eaten my share, >>myself, and I'm still here, too. Of course, in my case >>(as is true with many other critters), I didn't >>masticate the pips, and they thus pass through one's >>digestive tract intact. Flyers do eat the pip's >>'insides' when they get them -- pear pips, too. And >>yet, they seem to be uneffected. But, no need to take >>a chance. Apples and pears are pretty easy to cut up >>into pieces containing no pips -- so err on the side >>of caution, I say. >> >> >>>All I know is that my flyers love them, They have >>>choices to use moss ( for a lack or another name, you >>>find it hanging from trees in Florida) and they can >>>use shavings if they want. But they alway steal the >>>cotton balls for nesting.. I have seen threads in >>>cotton balls. But never in 100% cotton balls. >>>I don't think I am going to change anything in my >>>aviary, I have 10 healthy flyers that tell me I am >>>doing something right. So no fruit seeds of any kind >>>for my flyers.. And will continue leaving them a >>>choice for bedding.
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