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How to get rid of fleas in my Bird Aviary without killing birds?

My puppy snuck in the room for a very short time and the fleas showed up later. The aviary is in the house and we have eradicated the rest of the house pretty well but I have been afraid to bomb the aviary even if I remove the birds and air it out. I have used borax and salt, vacuumed and sprayed the birds with mite spray(for birds and has same stuff in smaller dose as flea sprays) used a steam cleaner on cages. And they are still jumping on me when I walk into the room. I am not sure if they are actually on the birds and am worried about their nest boxes. I took all the boxes outside except the one that were in the process of being used by the birds. ( I have 8 love birds and 25 cocktails ) So I set up a trap with the lamp and the soap in a dish.
What else can i do that will not harm my birds?

How do I introduce my birds to “people” food?

I have two parakeets and I try to feed them fruits and vegetables and other things in little dishes and the most they’ve ever done with it is flip the dish. I want to know how I should introduce them to the foods and get them to enjoy them.

I lost my parrot birds feed dish,how can I make another one?

I lost my parrot birds feed dish,how can I make another one?

OK what i have for my birds to lay eggs in is….?

a plastic basket. its pretty steep enough to hide them and preety spacious. i have news paper shavings in it but the female likes to chew on it and spit it out to the bottom of the cage. someone said the male will attack the eggs, but i’ve heard that he will also sit on them which one is true??? i cant touch my birds cause they dont let me they were given to me about 2months ago. are there any other things i can use around the house as a subsitute for a nest box???? what should i do? OH i also have a dish with water in the cage so they can bathe but they dont use it why??? thanks for all your help guys i appreciate it! and bare with me im new to this thanks! lol
oh my goodness this seems like alot of work and im nervous! i fell like im the one having a newborn! lol sholud i have my basket more towards the floor of the cage or should i leave it on the top?? do u think my birds babies will have a high percentage in survival? is this as complicated as it seems? like possibly hand feeding i dont even have a bird vet! i dont even know if i can afford one! oh i got a headacke but thank you for responding to me i appreciate it lots!

How does the following paragraph flow while reading it???

No wonder they both had slept so soundly all the way through this flight. Poor kids. The last few weeks had been a whirlwind of activities and planning, packing and preparing. Even Legalo’s rabbits were now in the care of their neighbour, Mr.Jones who had told the boy that since he had a lot of caged birds to look after in his own home, rabbits wouldn’t pose a problem for him. Between the two of them a long and drawn-out conversation had followed, there, standing in the back yard. It had truly been a kodak-moment. Legalo had lifted feed dishes out of the cage, had pointed to what food was to be served in what dish. How store-bought food could not be mixed in with table scraps. And how much the bunnies liked clean water. Carefully considerate tales the neighbour had flown past Legalo, about how fussy birds could be and how much better they sang once the cages had been cleaned, had been convincing enough for the serious rabbit owner to leave the care of his critters into neighbourly hand

How to get rid of fleas in my Bird Aviary without killing birds?

My puppy snuck in the room for a very short time and the fleas showed up later. The aviary is in the house and we have eradicated the rest of the house pretty well but I have been afraid to bomb the aviary even if I remove the birds and air it out. I have used borax and salt, vacuumed and sprayed the birds with mite spray(for birds and has same stuff in smaller dose as flea sprays) used a steam cleaner on cages. And they are still jumping on me when I walk into the room. I am not sure if they are actually on the birds and am worried about their nest boxes. I took all the boxes outside except the one that were in the process of being used by the birds. ( I have 8 love birds and 25 cocktails ) So I set up a trap with the lamp and the soap in a dish.
What else can i do that will not harm my birds?

Canarys nesting habbits?

My wife has a pair of canaries and the hen has laid a egg in the feed dish and incubating.If this egg hatches will the baby bird be ok in the dish or should I try to move it to another nest?