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Post by eunoia93 on Jul 24, 2015 15:45:57 GMT -5
So my QP's cuttlebone fell in his drinking water. Does it need to be replaced entirely or will it be fine if I let it dry? Similarly, what do I do if poop gets on these things?
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Post by Jan and Shah on Jul 24, 2015 18:30:13 GMT -5
Just pop it the sun and dry it out. As to pooping on it, if it is close to an edge then you can break it off. I have the cuttlebone close to the branch in the cockatiels' cage (Shah doesn't like it) so their bottoms are usually pointed in the opposite direction. However, if it isn't a runny poop, you can probably wipe it off but I would dig out that area. Alternatively just replace it.
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Post by biteybird on Jul 25, 2015 4:48:29 GMT -5
Bonnie won't even look at cuttlefish, let alone nibble it. But for my canaries I've often scraped the 'bad' bit on/with a rough surface and it comes off fine, with perfectly good clean cuttle underneath.
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Post by siobhan on Jul 25, 2015 14:43:28 GMT -5
The tiels love to poop on their cuttlebone for some reason. Freddie is also prone to pooping in his water, though. I just scrub it off. Some cuttlebone will come off, too, but that won't hurt anything.
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Post by aaron on Jul 28, 2015 11:51:44 GMT -5
Cupcake has absolutely no interest in cuttlebone, so I stopped putting it in her cage years ago...
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Post by cnyguy on Jul 28, 2015 20:09:58 GMT -5
Ralph doesn't pay much attention to his cuttlebone either. I usually attach it to the outside of his transport cage, which normally serves as a "front porch" for his big cage-- he Quaker-cursed it when I put it on his big cage.  Occasionally, Ralph will go to it and take a small bite from it. George the YCA used to bite off big chunks of his cuttlebones (I always bought the biggest ones I could find for George) and deposit them, one at a time, in his drinking water. I'd usually take them out and let them dry, and put one at a time in his food dish. He would chew on the cuttlebone chunks then until there was nothing left of them.  |
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Post by siobhan on Jul 29, 2015 11:46:56 GMT -5
The tiels use theirs a lot and also calcium chews and they're pretty much the only ones.
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Occasionally, Ralph will go to it and take a small bite from it. George the YCA used to bite off big chunks of his cuttlebones (I always bought the biggest ones I could find for George) and deposit them, one at a time, in his drinking water. I'd usually take them out and let them dry, and put one at a time in his food dish. He would chew on the cuttlebone chunks then until there was nothing left of them. 