Cages

[Lynjupiter]

I am sorrry Dyana. That was worded badly. I should have said be cautious shopping for cages in pet shops. Some pet stores put a very high markup on cages they are selling. You obviously run a good pet shop that cares. But a lot are just in it for the money.

Lynda

Originally Posted by Dayna

Somestimes pet stores can donate cages that they can't sell (for example ones with a missing caster, etc).

I do that every now and then for people that really need it and can't afford it.

Try not to be too narrow in your search.

[Irish]

Only once have I ever seen a good, used, large enough for Arthur and heavy-duty enough SS cage, and it was at a bird show ($350!!), where it was already sold to another vendor before the show even opened to those of us who went to look. I would love to find a decently-priced, good, heavy duty SS cage to replace Arthur's powder coated one. You tell me where to find one at a non-exhorbitant price, and I'll go looking! I've never seen another one discounted for less than $1500!

Good, used (or discounted for some other reason), huge powder coated cages are almost a dime a dozen out there, but the SS we need to find for Arthur just don't seem to exist in the used/discount world out there....

[Dayna]

Originally Posted by Irish

Good, used (or discounted for some other reason), huge powder coated cages are almost a dime a dozen out there, but the SS we need to find for Arthur just don't seem to exist in the used/discount world out there....

That is because they are so AWESOME that no one wants to get rid of them! LOL

Good job getting the right cage for him. If I got one of those GW's I would need that same cage.

[MiniMama]

Wow! There are some awesome cages in this thread

[Babyblue033]

It's the amazon that has the most vote right? I saw that felt terrible too, what a life for a bird. I guess a lot of people felt bad for the bird and voted for her, but I must be a terrible person because I felt like while the bird deserves a better cage the PERSON that owns that bird did not. After all it is HER responsibility to provide proper care for her bird and she's asking others to do so...

[Andres_424]

Grillis that is one of the most beautiful budgie cages I ever saw. I would love to have one like that in the future.

[Lisa B]

Grillis

that is a great cage!

[GreetingCardReligion]

I was thinking the same thing. I wonder if the amazon really lives there, or if the picture was posted in hopes of winning the contest through dishonesty? :/ Then again, I'm pretty skeptical about things like that and would really hope that poor bird doesnt have to live in there day in and day out.

I keep voting for our forum's Maxi, of course, because he deserves the cage and it's such a wonderful new start for the poor little critter.

I guess the whole idea behind the amazon picture : Hey, I don't take proper care of my bird, give me free expensive stuff! - irks me. Nice cages are fairly expensive but if youre going to need to have a cheap, temporary solution, they can be found or made that aren't so demeaning and unhealthy for the poor bird.

I can tell you if my home burned to the ground including all of my connections/money and means of supporting myself and my bird... my african grey would not live in a tiny shoe box. Even if you are forced to keep your bird in poor conditions (ahem... very hypothetically, obviously) there are ways to avoid rust and insanely cramped conditions.

[Irish]

Originally Posted by Dayna

That is because they are so AWESOME that no one wants to get rid of them! LOL

Good job getting the right cage for him. If I got one of those GW's I would need that same cage.

Of couse no one wants to be rid of the good ones. Silly people... LOL!

That said, I know of some cheaply made ones out there that I wouldn't even consider purchasing after having seen a full grown BG and a baby Hy take one apart. Good ones keep forever, and I really don't expect to find one for cheap out there. Still 'n' all--one can hope!

The powder coated ones work fine for Bob and Ceilidh--they're not that destructive to hard metal objects, but Arthur is just tooooo destructo-bird most of the time. What I'd really like to have is a double macaw SS cage. Or maybe two, in case I ever get a Hy :-). Of couse, where in the world we'd put them is WAY beyond me!

[Thowraa]

People used to laugh at me when I had one tiel in a 75 x 90 cm cage that was taller than I am. Now it's the Jendays turn ^_^ no one will ever be able to say my cages are too small. That's for sure. SS for the CAG some day. I'm going to have to do a lot of saving up for one though. Cages here are soo expensive. I just did a currency conversion and my powder coated one cost $700 a SS one would cost me about £1300 aprox $2500.