What kinds of plants are safe to put into the aviary?
I happened upon your home page one day, and found the articles quite helpful. The question I have is, I built an aviary in my backyard for my cockatiels, and would like to put live plants and trees into it. Which are safe to put in there? The aviary is 6ft high x 6ft wide x 7ft long. I live in sunny southern California. Any advice you could give would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Steve Dear Steve, I am afraid it is a little hard to advise you about which types of plants are safe where you live, as some plants that might be OK here in Australia may be of a different variety in the States and therefore not suitable. Perhaps you could check with your local nursery as to which plants are bird friendly. I can tell you that whatever you put in won’t have leaves for terribly long, as your cockatiels will delight in stripping them. A better option may be to plant the trees around or near your aviary and cut branches off to hang in the aviary as a treat for the birds.
