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Hi I have two budgies, have had them for a year now. I've always let them out in the day and they usually perch on the curtains or in the bathroom, and at night they fly back into the cage.Initially,my parents were fine with the mess but they have be
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Both of my birds seem to destroy everything made of wood in their cage whether it be a ladder or their perches, what is somethjng I could do about it, I don't want to switch to plastic perches.
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