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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 205088" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>We do have hawks and eagles in our area, but the biggest predator problem for our caged birds is an Aussie native, the butcher bird. It's actually smaller than you would think. I grew up with my mother warning me about leaving my budgie cage or the canary cage outside unsupervised, because of the danger of butcher birds - they will reach through the wire with their very sharp, long beak. I was surprised when I first saw one - it's smaller than a magpie, but much more dangerous to small creatures.</p><p></p><p>Something we've done that you could consider - is your cage heavy enough to resist being carried off? In which case, cover the whole cage with chicken wire, the finer stuff with small cells in the mesh. We did that with one of our budgie cages, so we could put it outside and have it safe from butcher birds. They could get their beak into the cage, but not open it wide enough to do any damage.</p><p></p><p>However - because just being outside around so many of our wild birds was stressing them, we no longer take our budgies outside. Also the wild birds can carry diseases which our birds could catch.</p><p></p><p>A close call, I don't blame you being upset and panicked by it.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 205088, member: 1991"] We do have hawks and eagles in our area, but the biggest predator problem for our caged birds is an Aussie native, the butcher bird. It's actually smaller than you would think. I grew up with my mother warning me about leaving my budgie cage or the canary cage outside unsupervised, because of the danger of butcher birds - they will reach through the wire with their very sharp, long beak. I was surprised when I first saw one - it's smaller than a magpie, but much more dangerous to small creatures. Something we've done that you could consider - is your cage heavy enough to resist being carried off? In which case, cover the whole cage with chicken wire, the finer stuff with small cells in the mesh. We did that with one of our budgie cages, so we could put it outside and have it safe from butcher birds. They could get their beak into the cage, but not open it wide enough to do any damage. However - because just being outside around so many of our wild birds was stressing them, we no longer take our budgies outside. Also the wild birds can carry diseases which our birds could catch. A close call, I don't blame you being upset and panicked by it. Marg [/QUOTE]
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