Forum: Bryce


Subject: OT, Need a hug.................:(

Zhann opened this issue on Oct 12, 2003 ยท 47 posts


Zhann posted Wed, 15 October 2003 at 5:52 AM

Danamo, The enclosure is 6ft high x 6ft wide x 12ft long, four 6x6 panels, with 1"x2" field fencing(hardware cloth) zip tied across the top to completely enclose the space. the bottom of the panels are sunk into the ground about 6inches to deter the diggers in the bunch. I designed multilevel areas for them to watch the bird feeders, we used old rabbit cages stacked at different heights and zip tied them together for stability. Now everyone can be on their own 'level', some like it high and others like the ground, and a few switch vantage points depending on who's in the pen. It has a dirt floor, and access through both of my bedroom windows. It does get annoying when they decide to chase one another, it's out one window, zip around the pen a couple of times and then in the other window, across the bed and out again. They seem to like it just fine, I delivered most of them as babies and they have been inside cats throughout their lives, so this was a big thing at first, now only one or two go out periodically during the day, the rest sleep on the bed or annoy me when I'm working on the computer. However, in the morning and evening when the Stellar Jays come to feed everyone is outside flattened to the ground to watch. The added benefit is the Mockingbirds can't get to the cats to bug them. Boy, those are some ornery birds! We have lots of big Magpies too, so the cats stay entertained most of the day.

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