What To Look For When Buying A Bird Cage

By Almer Howard


A bird cage is an important purchase for the health and well being of all your birds. It will definitely be the home for all your birds for most of their lifespan. Hence the cage you decide to purchase should be a secure and safe place for your birds to live, and a comfortable place for them to rest and play too. This is why you should be extremely careful when purchasing a bird cage for your birds. This article will highlight some of the most important things to look into when buying a bird cage.

Buy the biggest bird cage you can afford. The most common mistake when buying a bird cage is choosing one that is too small. Buy the biggest cage you can afford for the comfort and health of your birds. There are minimum cage size requirements for different bird species and if you want to keep multiple birds the cage size must be proportionately larger.

As well as the cage size, the bar spacing and thickness are crucial for your bird's safety. Too large bar spacing and they can get their heads stuck between the bars or even escape; too small and they can get feet, beaks or wings caught and cause injury. Also the thickness is important. For small birds a thin gauge wire will be adequate. However the larger the bird, the larger and stronger the wire will need to be in order to stop the bars being bent or even broken.

Speaking of bars, you will also want to take the thickness into consideration as a smaller bird will need a thinner gauge to be comfortable. When you have a larger species, you can go with a much stronger and larger bar size so that they will not end up bent or broken.

Hygiene of the birds must also be an important factor when selecting a bird cage for your feathered friends. The bird cage should have easy access for cleaning, ideally because birds are messy creatures. So choose a cage where your hand can easily reach into each corner. Bird cages with wider doors as well as the ones having trays that can be readily removed are the best options.

Safety is the most important factor to consider when purchasing a cage for your feathered friends. Sharp corners and edges in the cage and materials like plastic and paint could easily affect the health of your birds. So, watch out for these factors when purchasing a bird cage.

Cages manufactured with stainless wire and finished with non-toxic paint are the ideal category of cages for your birds. Plastic coated wire should not be used in this regard. The reason being, soft and brittle plastic could be easily broken and ingested by the birds. Cut edges of the cage should be smoothed in order to avoid injury.

In general you get what you pay for when buying bird cages, so expect cheap bird cages not to last as long as a more expensive one. However there are some web stores where you can find excellent quality bird cages for sale at low prices. Keep these points in mind when you are buying a bird cage and you can enjoy the pleasure of your birds in the knowledge that you have provided a comfortable, secure and safe environment to live.




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