Cheap Bird Cages

Product Review

This is a handsome, carefully designed, and sturdily made cage that makes a perfect home for any parrot from the "large end" of small to medium. The easily assembled parts arrive in two packages (with extra hardware for nearly every phase of assembly). The seedcatcher fins add 4 inches to the specified measurements for each side. So if, as in my case, you don't want that extra 8-inch projection, just leave them off. If you plan to use them, be sure that the doorway to your bird room is wide enough to accommodate the assembled results. If not, better assemble everything in the designated space.

The powder-coat finish is thick and tough. (It looks like a heavier-duty, shinier version of the enamel-type finishes on many major kitchen appliances. It's definitely too hard for birds to mar with their claws and beaks.) Everything has been designed for easy access and cleaning. Compared to the two cages I had, the new ones make cage cleaning as close to a pleasure as it is ever likely to get: nothing sticks stubbornly to the finish. The bottom tray sits a good 8 inches below the grate, so even the most inquisitive parrot can't get into the mess below. (A bird with a tail long enough to sweep the tray probably belongs in a bigger model.)

This is also an extremely safe cage. There is no filigree in which claws or other body parts can get snagged. The latches are simple to operate but impossible for a bird to manipulate from inside: you have to turn the latch through an arc of 180 degrees before you can slide it open (no parrot inside has enough latitude to do this: the bar spacing makes it impossible for the bird to push the latch more than about 25 degrees). The clearance on all sides of the main door is wide enough to make it very unlikely to do more than brush a wayward foot as the door closes (i.e., the door does not close flush to the door housing). Each of the smaller side doors secures an opening that is 6 inches wide and 4.75 inches high, so standard 4.5-inch feeding bowls (which hold somewhat more than the supplied cups of thick, white, unbreakable plastic) can pass through with room to spare, if you prefer using them. (More...)