Yes, I was going to recommend that too since her bird likes to crawl under
the paper. She could cut a slit down the length of the roll so it can expand
if it's a little tight.

Dave

"Rayzorbladers"  wrote in message
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> Lovebirds love to play with the inserts from kitchen or toilet rolls also
> plenty of willow branches.
> >
>
> "David G Fisher"  wrote in message
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> >
> > "Linda Ambrose"  wrote in message
> > news:irixazul-C0AD08.09464322012005{at}news.videotron.net...
> >> "David G Fisher"  wrote:
> >>
> >> > I wouldn't recommend paper for the fact that many female
birds will
go
> > into
> >> > nesting behavior and start laying eggs. This can be dangerous to
their
> >> > health for a number of reasons (low calcium--egg binding). Not
everyone
> >> > knows what to do when their bird goes into egg laying mode.
> >>
> >> Dave:  Sydney III was a bird I "rescued" from my
friends' pet store.
> >> The bird was no longer wanted and dumped at the store.  When I first
got
> >> her, I didn't know her sex, but I was hoping she'd be a male as they're
> >> usually a little more mild-mannered than the girls.  My friends said
she
> >> loved being at the bottom of the cage hiding under her papers and she
> >> also had a homemade "happy hut" thing that she hid
in.  She was also a
> >> bitey, nasty little creature and I couldn't handle her without a glove.
> >> She's come a long way since then, still nippy, but she'll go on my hand
> >> and run up my arm to sit on my shoulder.  Having noticed how much she
> >> loves her newspaper, I didn't have the heart to replace it with chips
or
> >> other kinds of bedding.  Since I've had her (just over a year now), she
> >> has laid a few eggs.  To be honest with you, I always worry about the
> >> possibility of egg-binding in my female birds, even though I make sure
> >> they have cuttlebones and calcium supplements.  I also have several
> >> female budgies who have laid eggs at the bottom of the cage.  I try to
> >> discourage egg-laying but I suppose nature can be controlled only to a
> >> certain extent.
> >>
> >> Do you have a suggestion as to what I could replace the newspaper with?
> >> I've heard certain types of chips are dangerous and not advisable to
put
> >> into birds' cages because of the oils &/or scents.  Would
corn cob be a
> >> good alternative?
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >> --
> >> Linda
> >
> > Sorry it took a couple of days to reply.
> >
> > Egg binding is so dangerous that I would not have any nesting material
in
> > the cage if she is reacting to it in "nesting" way. :-)
I put paper
> > towells
> > (newspaer is fine) below the grate of my lovebird's cage where she can't
> > get
> > to it.
> >
> > You could always give your bird a piece of a paper towell to
occasionally
> > shred.
> >
> > Wild birds are not confined in a tiny space (a cage) for most of their
> > day,
> > inisde a house. To have them in that situation with nesting material can
> > push them into egg laying when in the wild they would be off doing a
> > million
> > other things in the outdoors with (obviously) no boundries. I think we
> > sometimes forget how much we change them to force them to live with us,
> > and
> > we need to be careful.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
>
>




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