Hey Guys! So it's about time I posted this!
The wire is thin, I know. Please don't blast me on that. It was the only option I could afford, I wanted to go thicker, but couldn't, and I'm on the lookout for any chewing or problem areas, so I can fix before it becomes a problem. We don't have hawks or large birds like that in the area, and Julian isn't a big chewer, so I'm confident about him not escaping or being killed/eating by anything. He is, as you can see, right up against the house and the only access from outside is to go up the stairs to the little metre by metre platform. And our cats will scare off anything trying to get to him that way. And I bring him in at night, so it's super safe with a cover overhead and everything. We can only get him in and out from the window in the inside, so no chance of flying off XD
One of the reasons for the aviary was so he could fly, as my mum couldn't handle the mess he was making in the house, so I had to make it as big as I could afford (hence the thinner wire) and so my amazing dad helped make the frame to extend out that extra metre or so, and it's wonderful. As the rest is under shelter he can get out and have a shower if it's raining, or enjoy the wind and or sunshine.
At first he wouldn't venture out very far, but new environment is worrying I know. In a matter of four days or so he was flying back and forth, and it makes my heart so happy that he can actually fly around in there, as, even though he has enough space to expand his wings in the cage, he still can't fly around in there so I'm super super happy.
He's a big wuss though. The finches we have around keep getting in real early in the morning and then don't know how to get out again, so they fly around and freak him out a little. But I've been shoowing them out when I can, and dad made some holes for them and now I don't think Julian is so worried about them - can these birds carry airborne disease? I only just thought of that
anyway, I can post more pics if you would like