Not too bad.

This morning after I got all the bedding washed and on the lines, I made a trip to Walmart. Today is a tear down of the birdcage so it gets a total good cleaning. But first I needed some place to put Carl while I cleaned his cage. So off to Walmart I went for a small cheap birdcage.  After I got it together I looked at it and couldn't imagine anyone keeping any kind of bird in such a small cage. I'm so glad Carl only has to be in it for a short period of time.

Ok now that the little cage is put together, it's time to catch Carl in his main home. Out to the bigger shed to get my riding gloves, just in case he decides to bite me.  Once the glove is on I take a deep breath, open his cage door and reach inside. I let him look at my hand before I start trying to catch him.  Poor little guy is terrified, but I'm just as persistent.  It took about three or four tries but I finally caught him. I talked to him soothingly so as to calm him down, but he never struggled in my hand. I gently placed him in the small cage and he gave me a good scolding. Talking to him in a soothing voice, he settled down.

Now on to the tear down. First I took the paper out of the bottom and threw that away. As I took the bottom and tray outside I grabbed a scrubbing pad. Good thing we have a spigot outside. It sure made it a lot easier to clean the pooh off of the grates. Next was a pail of water with vinegar and a couple drops of Dawn dish soap and a rag to scrub it all down. Everything got a good disinfecting done and sat in the sun for a bit to drip dry. Some paper towels to do the finishing touches to get all the drips off and it was time to reassemble Carls home.

Since the temporary cage is so small it only took me two tries to catch Carl so he could return to his home.  Again he gave me a good scolding. Canaries don't like to be handled and he let me know it too. Even with his not being too happy being handled, I'm sure he liked the clean cage. Good thing the heavy cleaning is only once a week. I change the paper and scrub the wire bottom daily, that's enough for Carl. hehehe And me too.

Break time with a cappuccino and listen to Carl learn how to sing. He is getting better each day. Soon he will be singing more than tweeting.