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I have a cage very similar to that and my budgies love it! Is there a reason a bigger cage couldn't go in the living room?

My budgies only see me every day and are fine with that interaction, though it is better for them to be around people.

kaeladedah wrote:

I have a cage very similar to that and my budgies love it! Is there a reason a bigger cage couldn't go in the living room?

My budgies only see me every day and are fine with that interaction, though it is better for them to be around people.

My parents want the living room more spacious and they think the cage will take up a lot of room. I could get the bigger cage and put it in my room and when Pete wants some human interaction I can put him in the smaller cage in the living room...

Fallen_Parakeet wrote:

I could get the bigger cage and put it in my room and when Pete wants some human interaction I can put him in the smaller cage in the living room...

That sounds like a pretty good solution!

ScooterNScotty wrote:

Fallen_Parakeet wrote:

I could get the bigger cage and put it in my room and when Pete wants some human interaction I can put him in the smaller cage in the living room...

That sounds like a pretty good solution!

This is the store we looked at today:

http://ourfeatheredfriends.com/

My mom likes cages like these because of price and size:

J&M Lg Flight 30x18x18

J&M Tall Flight 30x18x36



J&M0124 20x20x57 Open Top



J&M0103 20x20x59 Arch



So like smaller ones... do you guys think that is better than what he has now..:

http://www.petco.com/product/114146/Petco-Designer-Green-Ranch-Style-Top-Parakeet-Cage.aspx

(Mine is a little different, maybe a little bigger?)

His cage now is: 5.5" , 13" , 21"

What do you guys think?!

Now here is another possible anwser:

We build an "Aviary" type structure for Pete. It would be hanging from the wooden roof over my patio. He would go in it during the day, not at night. What do you guys think. It would be homemade...

The Our Feathered Friends cages that you posted don't seem like the best of quality. My flight cage is similar to the Prevue cage you posted and is pretty sturdy, able to hold perches and toys without warping the bars.

I also live in a very tiny apartment and I have two of those cages. They don't really take up that much space at all. They are able to fit a lot of toys, large food and water dishes, and many perches.

But what really matters here is where you're most comfortable putting the cage. If you want to move Pete from the bedroom (if you get the bigger cage) to the living room for socialization, I see no reason why that wouldn't work.

Hey Fallen Parakeet,

I would suggest a flight cage from here:
http://www.mysafebirdstore.com/SMALL_BIRD_CAGES-A_E_Flight_Cage_32x21.html

You get 10% off as a first time customer and FREE shipping.
It's the same dimensions as one of the cages you said you wanted, but it has a stand and is MUCH stronger. I have it and I love it!

I would also suggest a playgym, check out the rest of www.mysafebirdstore.com and look around for boings or hanging gyms, there are a lot!

GlassOnion wrote:

Hey Fallen Parakeet,

I would suggest a flight cage from here:
http://www.mysafebirdstore.com/SMALL_BIRD_CAGES-A_E_Flight_Cage_32x21.html

You get 10% off as a first time customer and FREE shipping.
It's the same dimensions as one of the cages you said you wanted, but it has a stand and is MUCH stronger. I have it and I love it!

I would also suggest a playgym, check out the rest of www.mysafebirdstore.com and look around for boings or hanging gyms, there are a lot!

kaeladedah wrote:

The Our Feathered Friends cages that you posted don't seem like the best of quality. My flight cage is similar to the Prevue cage you posted and is pretty sturdy, able to hold perches and toys without warping the bars.

I also live in a very tiny apartment and I have two of those cages. They don't really take up that much space at all. They are able to fit a lot of toys, large food and water dishes, and many perches.

But what really matters here is where you're most comfortable putting the cage. If you want to move Pete from the bedroom (if you get the bigger cage) to the living room for socialization, I see no reason why that wouldn't work.

Oh okay, sounds cool. I think if I buy a cage Ill put it in my bedroom.

GlassOnion wrote:

Hey Fallen Parakeet,

I would suggest a flight cage from here:
http://www.mysafebirdstore.com/SMALL_BIRD_CAGES-A_E_Flight_Cage_32x21.html

You get 10% off as a first time customer and FREE shipping.
It's the same dimensions as one of the cages you said you wanted, but it has a stand and is MUCH stronger. I have it and I love it!

I would also suggest a playgym, check out the rest of www.mysafebirdstore.com and look around for boings or hanging gyms, there are a lot!

Cool! Now would you recomend that or http://www.bird-cage.com/bird-cages/prevue-flight-cage-large/ ?

What do you folks who have the cages like this which lack horizontal bars do about making it easy for them to climb around the cage?

ScooterNScotty wrote:

What do you folks who have the cages like this which lack horizontal bars do about making it easy for them to climb around the cage?

My guys scale the cage even without horizontal bars. Piper and Pigpen are particularly adept at it.

The sides of my cages have horizontal bars. But yeah, they get along just fine.

He's already getting pretty adept at the move-sideways-and-slide maneuver. But I think I might get some of those plastic chains to hang around various places to climb up and down.

Scooter is going to need a new cage, I think... He is technically smaller than Blanco, but I'm feeling bad he's in a smaller cage! We didn't give him the new cage because he really likes his playtop and spends a ton of time there.

Chains that hang? I don't know about everyone else, my Einstein prefers to stay sturdy in one place. While the budgies swing and hang around, Einstein prefers to stay put. Maybe it has to do with cockatiel's clumsiness.

You could always make a pay top.

CB has a cage pretty similar to your new one and he loves it. But he was able to pry one of the bars off in order to create an escape hatch, and he's also able to open the feeder doors.

kaeladedah wrote:

CB has a cage pretty similar to your new one and he loves it. But he was able to pry one of the bars off in order to create an escape hatch, and he's also able to open the feeder doors.

I think conures have stronger beaks than cockatiels. None of my bars have ever been broken.

The one I have doesn't have feeder doors, just two front doors and two places for attaching nest boxes. It's pretty sturdy.

The idea with the chains is to attach them top and bottom to the cage side, to make an easier climbing surface to get from place to place.

i put a small boing in one of my cages...works great


dusty

dusty wrote:

i put a small boing in one of my cages...works great


dusty

I have boings in both Merlin's and Arthur's cages. They love them!

Fallen, as long as your parents are okay with the smaller cage in the living room, getting a larger cage for your bedroom sounds like the best answer. You can have him with you in your bedroom when you want and out with others for more interaction. It would also allow you to move him somewhere quieter if there was a lot of people over, so he did not become over stimulated.