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Make your own cage
Topic Started: May 2 2008, 10:16 AM (342 Views)
Jess	May 2 2008, 10:16 AM Post #1
More bird than human! UK Posts: 83 Group: Full Members Member #2,622 Joined: April 22, 2008	Hi, just wondering if anyone has any experience of making their own cage for a parrotlet and what they though about this? Can a cage be too big for a single parrotlet?



Gardengail	May 2 2008, 11:09 AM Post #2
Staff Member Posts: 12,746 Group: Staff Member #25 Joined: January 18, 2007 How many Parrotlets do you have 1 What types Pacific What colours Blue Other Birds ? Severe Macaw and 2 Timneth Greys I live in Upstate New York, USA My name is Gail	What material would you make it with? I don't think you can have a cage too large for a Parrotlet with may be the exception of just bringing him home. They sometimes feel safer in smaller surroundings until they feel more secure. The main consideration should be to make sure the bar space is the correct size (no larger than 1/2").



bonnie	May 2 2008, 11:26 AM Post #3
Co Admin Posts: 14,044 Group: Co Admin Member #73 Joined: March 10, 2007 How many Parrotlets do you have 0 Other Birds ? YNA GCC. Cockatiel I live in Pennsylvania My name is Bonnie	I don't think I've ever known anyone who made a cage for indoor birds.



kevinp	May 2 2008, 12:12 PM Post #4
Administrator Posts: 6,048 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: October 7, 2006 How many Parrotlets do you have I have one Parrotlet What types Celestials What colours One green Other Birds ? Budgeries four off I live in a mess of my own making !!! My name is I'll give you a clue	When I first got my budgie and then added three more, I considered making my own indoor aviary I drew it up all correct, like this Posted Image and then I set to costing it out and it worked out with the materials and time, and it will take some time! that it was cheaper to buy one. Also a wooden cage is very hard to clean, unlike steel which you can just wash down.



theexbrit	May 2 2008, 04:53 PM Post #5
Co Admin Posts: 3,547 Group: Co Admin Member #74 Joined: March 20, 2007 How many Parrotlets do you have 3 What types Pacifics What colours Green, pied Other Birds ? 2 Conures - Crimson Bellied & Green Cheeked I live in So. California My name is Andy	I built our outdoor aviary & a play gym for indoors, so I'd like to try building a cage. But as Kevin said, you'd probably have to make it out of metal for ease of cleaning plus, the birds would chew the wood to pieces :o You'd have to use stainless steel wire or plastic coated, so it usually is cheaper to buy one. Still, it would be fun to make a cage exactly how you wanted it. I've never found what I consider to be the "perfect" cage :unsure:



lness	May 2 2008, 07:04 PM Post #6
Advanced Member Posts: 547 Group: Full Members Member #300 Joined: July 26, 2007 How many Parrotlets do you have 1 What types Pacific What colours Normal Other Birds ? 10 Zebra Finches (and counting!) I live in Florida My name is Laura	I've never built a cage for a big bird, but we have built one for our prairie dogs and for our zebra finches. The prairie dogs are chewers so their cage is wood saturated with epoxy (7 years now, and they haven't even made a dent) on the back and bottom. The epoxy also makes it waterproof so it's easy to clean. Sides and front are acrylic panels with a wood-epoxy frame. And the lid is metal mesh, which we've had to patch and replace twice as they've chewed through the wire! The finches are similar, big acrylic panels with a wood frame, and fiberglass window-screen on top for ventilation. They don't chew though, so no epoxy, just paint and sealant.



theexbrit	May 3 2008, 01:31 AM Post #7
Co Admin Posts: 3,547 Group: Co Admin Member #74 Joined: March 20, 2007 How many Parrotlets do you have 3 What types Pacifics What colours Green, pied Other Birds ? 2 Conures - Crimson Bellied & Green Cheeked I live in So. California My name is Andy	The epoxy is a good idea, but what kind? I thought any kind of glue stuff would be poisonous? I would love to make a cage for Miss Boo Boo & Pesto :D



liltreasures	Oct 29 2008, 12:14 AM Post #8
Newbie Posts: 3 Group: Full Members Member #2,920 Joined: October 28, 2008 How many Parrotlets do you have 1 currently What types pacific What colours Albino Other Birds ? Green Cheek Conure I live in Connecticut	im wondering if theres anyway to make a PVC frame for a cage rather than a wooden frame. attatch safe wire with heavy duty cable ties... the only thing i think would be hard would be the doors. and the bottom... it would also be extreemly light ive seen people modify old china cabinates and bookshelves to make some pretty cool cages too, just find out what the wood is and make sure its safe if chewed on. or make sure all acessable corners are covered with wire to prevent chewing. im hoping to do something similar myself so any plans/ideas are greatly apreciated.



theexbrit	Oct 29 2008, 04:51 AM Post #9
Co Admin Posts: 3,547 Group: Co Admin Member #74 Joined: March 20, 2007 How many Parrotlets do you have 3 What types Pacifics What colours Green, pied Other Birds ? 2 Conures - Crimson Bellied & Green Cheeked I live in So. California My name is Andy	I've thought about making an acrylic cage before or at least have the front acrylic so that I can see the birds with no visible bars. I would put bars on the sides & back or make sure there are plenty of perches at various levels so that they can climb around (even flighted p'lets love to climb :lol: ). Home Depot, etc, has plenty of thick acrylic pieces pre-cut & it would be easy to just take the front of an existing cage off & replace it with an acrylic panel. Making a cage with bars would be a lot harder, unless you used wire instead of bars. As you said, if you made the frame out of wood it would have to be non-poisonous wood :scared:



Gemmz	Oct 29 2008, 10:20 PM Post #10
Senior Member Posts: 269 Group: Full Members Member #2,800 Joined: June 20, 2008 How many Parrotlets do you have 12 What types celestials What colours 2 lutino's, 6 green, 1 blue, 3 green split lutino's Other Birds ? not enough room for all of them :) I live in West Midlands UK My name is Teri	Please please please, dont consider building an acrylic cage for your birds.. There are some on the market and they look like giant gold fish bowls... Horrible, also on the safety aspect. Even though these have vents in the top of them, if the cages are left in the sun its going to get really hot in there... Here is a link to acrylic cages that are on the market, you see what I mean?? http://www.ideas-4-pets.com/large-acrylic-parrot-cage-bbb-p-944.html?zenid=6tedrtbo8m6rqull62d4j4f460



bonnie	Oct 29 2008, 10:29 PM Post #11
Co Admin Posts: 14,044 Group: Co Admin Member #73 Joined: March 10, 2007 How many Parrotlets do you have 0 Other Birds ? YNA GCC. Cockatiel I live in Pennsylvania My name is Bonnie	I have to agree with you I know a few people who have them and even though they are pretty they can be a problem unless you are going to keep the Air conditioning set cool you will have problems. Birds were not meant to be kept behind acrylic they weren't really meant to be caged but at least a cage they can crawl around in. :)



liltreasures	Oct 29 2008, 11:17 PM Post #12
Newbie Posts: 3 Group: Full Members Member #2,920 Joined: October 28, 2008 How many Parrotlets do you have 1 currently What types pacific What colours Albino Other Birds ? Green Cheek Conure I live in Connecticut	i had a friedn who made a partial acrylic cage, he used wire for the top and front and acrylic for the back and sides...but he did it because he has Lories and Lorykeets and they have projectile liquid pooping! it worked VERY well for them but the entire cage was NOT acrylic and the front and top provided plenty of ventalation, he used industrial strength suction cups to put toys and perches up it was realy cool! i can imagine humidity being a problem in a fully acrylic cage



bonnie	Oct 29 2008, 11:32 PM Post #13
Co Admin Posts: 14,044 Group: Co Admin Member #73 Joined: March 10, 2007 How many Parrotlets do you have 0 Other Birds ? YNA GCC. Cockatiel I live in Pennsylvania My name is Bonnie	Yes I had a lory for awhile and I did have to put somerthing behind the cage because they are projectile poopers and agree a partial would be fine but not as an overall cage surrounding.



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