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| Julia S |
Hello,
I have a 4 year old parakeet, Cincy Bird, that lost her cage mate last
month. Cincy has been cleared by the vet so we are looking for a new
companion. Actually, I would like to get a bigger cage and 4-5 more
parakeets. Cincy was bonded to Thomasina, not to us, so she doesn't come
out and sit with us or play with us. I would like to keep it that way for
her safety - we have 3 cats.
Right now Cincy is in a small parrot cage by Avian Adventures - 18" W x
18" D x 30" H, bar spacing is .5" and most bars are horizontal. I have
found a cage at Petsmart that I like - it's got a rounded top and is 38" W x
28" D x 40" H, bar spacing is .5" and most bars are horizontal.
My question is about the width of the cage. It seems to me that the
wider the better - that would allow the birds to fly a little. This cage is
available on ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...&category=46289
It's 64 W x 21 D x 34 H. My biggest concern about this cage is that it has
mostly vertical bars. Should I be worried about that? Or can I assume
that they will hop/fly and put in a lot of ladders/perches that help them to
get around?
Thanks for any help you can give me,
Julia
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| jmcquown |
Julia S wrote:
> Hello,
> I have a 4 year old parakeet, Cincy Bird, that lost her cage mate
> last month. Cincy has been cleared by the vet so we are looking for
> a new companion. Actually, I would like to get a bigger cage and 4-5
> more parakeets.
(snip)
> Thanks for any help you can give me,
> Julia
Looks like a nice lovely cage! Vertical bars are fine. Parakeets can climb
extremely well. I've only had one cage with horizontal bars and it didn't
seem to make much of a difference. But yes, it's a good idea to add
ladders, some natural branch perches, etc. to help them climb from top to
bottom. Good luck!
Jill
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| Owly |
One of the things to consider, at least as I've read (so take it FWIW to you
personally) is that it's easier on birds' eyes to look through horizontal
bars than vertical. Maybe because they can align their eyes better between
bars so there aren't always metal barriers partially blocking their view
from inside the cage?
I personally have birds in either/or/both and only one, in vertical barred
cage, seems to be bothered by the bars...as soon as I open the door he's
standing on the opening (he's crippled and can't walk, nor fly anymore) and
looking around EVERYWHERE; that's the brightest he ever gets anymore, other
than when it's feeding time.
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owly
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| Linda Ambrose |
I have two large budgie cages for my flock of budgies. One is a 'Hagen'
flight cage (four of my budgies live in that one), and the other is a
large 'Ferplast' pagoda-style cage (which houses the other six budgies).
The flight cage is longer and less high than the Ferplast cage, which is
higher but shorter in length. Both cages have bars that are horizontal
on two sides and vertical on the other two sides. Nowadays a lot of
cages incorporate the horizontal and vertical bars, but if the cage
you're considering is a good size, both lengthwise and widthwise, I
wouldn't be overly concerned about which way the bars are placed.
Budgies are pretty acrobatic and energetic so they can manage to get
around very well.
However, half-inch spacing of the bars is important in budgie cages.
Anything bigger than that can be dangerous, even deadly. A budgie may
try to squeeze itself through the bars or get its head caught. Also,
since you own cats (I do, too), the half-inch bar spacing is really
important as to deter cats' paws, etc.
The e-bay cage looks very nice. Providing rope ladders and/or boings
that hang from the top of the cage to the bottom is a great way for your
birds to move around should they have some difficulty in maneouvering
the vertical bars in the cage. I have boings in both my budgies' cages
and they love them. Also, strategically-placed perches will help too.
Good luck with your new budgie family. I'm sure you'll enjoy them as
much as I enjoy mine. Budgies are the best !
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Linda
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"Julia S" <julia222@thisearthlink.net> wrote:
> Hello,
> I have a 4 year old parakeet, Cincy Bird, that lost her cage mate last
> month. Cincy has been cleared by the vet so we are looking for a new
> companion. Actually, I would like to get a bigger cage and 4-5 more
> parakeets. Cincy was bonded to Thomasina, not to us, so she doesn't come
> out and sit with us or play with us. I would like to keep it that way for
> her safety - we have 3 cats.
>
> Right now Cincy is in a small parrot cage by Avian Adventures - 18" W x
> 18" D x 30" H, bar spacing is .5" and most bars are horizontal. I have
> found a cage at Petsmart that I like - it's got a rounded top and is 38" W x
> 28" D x 40" H, bar spacing is .5" and most bars are horizontal.
>
> My question is about the width of the cage. It seems to me that the
> wider the better - that would allow the birds to fly a little. This cage is
> available on ebay:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...&category=46289
>
> It's 64 W x 21 D x 34 H. My biggest concern about this cage is that it has
> mostly vertical bars. Should I be worried about that? Or can I assume
> that they will hop/fly and put in a lot of ladders/perches that help them to
> get around?
>
> Thanks for any help you can give me,
> Julia
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| Louis |
"Julia S" <julia222@thisearthlink.net> writes:
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...&category=46289
>
> It's 64 W x 21 D x 34 H. My biggest concern about this cage is that it has
> mostly vertical bars. Should I be worried about that? Or can I assume
> that they will hop/fly and put in a lot of ladders/perches that help them to
> get around?
I have my budgies in the following cage:
* http://www.ossh.com/images/birds/20...candell0005.JPG
They were moved into the right hand side cage from the smaller left
hand side cage you see pictured above. They were not much fun to have
around when they were in the smaller cage because all they would do is
fight with each other and make pissed off budgie noises 24/7.
They have a lot of fun in their new cage, at the expense of having
their wings clipped because they can easily squeeze through the bars
as they please. The more room they have the less 'mad' noises they're
making (sounds mad to me) and now they sound like happy, gossiping
chatty women. I only have three budgies in the large cage as the
other one flew out because I left the door open for a split second and
I had not clipped his wings :'(
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LCC
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