A parrot cage is the most important piece of equipment you will be buying for your parrot. The right cage can help your parrot stay healthy and safe for its long life time. However, there are so many different types of parrot cages on offer, how do you choose the right one?
First, think about which type of parrot you are planning to get. If you want a parakeet, cockatiel or other long tailed bird species, you will need a long tall cage so that your bird can get plenty of exercise. Ideally, the parrot cage should be long enough so the bird can take flight from one side to the other. A bird with a stocky body, such as a lovebird or a Senegal parrot, gets a lot of exercise by climbing around his parrot cage. These parrots do well in a cage that is much taller than it is wide.
Next, you should consider the size of the parrot cage. While usually you should plan to buy the biggest parrot cage you can afford for your parrot, a newly weaned hand fed baby parrot will probably feel lost and frightened in a large parrot cage. He also may have trouble locating his food and water dishes so it is usually a good idea to have a small bird cage for your baby parrots first few months and switch him to a larger parrot cage later.
Another thing to keep in mind when you are selecting your parrot cage is the spacing between the cage bars. A beautiful £300 parrot cage isn't very useful if your parrot can fit through the bars anytime he wants to. If you are thinking about using a parrot cage with wire mesh, you should compare the size of the hole in the mesh with the size of your parrots head before you make your selection.
A parrot cage made with one inch mesh is just the right size for a cockatiel to stick his head through. Instead of pulling their heads back in through the same hole, cockatiels have been known to bend their necks into a 'U' shape and stick their heads into a different hole.
Once you have decided on the parrot cage size and bar spacing, you should consider a few other aspects of parrot cage design. Take a look at the cage tray at the bottom. When you pull it out to clean it, is there a grate in the cage to keep the bird from escaping? Is the tray deep enough to catch most of the mess your bird makes?
Even if the parrot cage has a deep tray, you still may find that your parrot scatters a lot of seed hulls and feathers on the floor if there is no cage apron. While you can place your parrot cage in a plastic apron base or cover the bottom of the cage with a cloth apron, a built in metal apron is a really nice feature that should be looked for.
Finally, don't forget to take a look at the cage cups. There should be a way for you to easily access the cups without reaching into the parrot cage through the main door. If you are buying a parrot cage for a bigger parrot, the cups should actually bolt to the cage unless you want to spend every morning and afternoon for the next 50 years reaching for cups that your parrot has tossed onto the floor of its parrot cage.
You will find all our parrot cages meet the above criteria and you couldn't give your parrot a better home than one from our store.
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