Pictures Sometimes I have to wonder just how smart our so called smart birds really are.

[Mark & Da Boyz]

The new cages use a strange 8oz "D" cup that latch on to the door bracket, works well as far as I can see. Only problem is there is no real way to use a regular old round cup as you can't take off the factory bracket, it's welded on.

Plus as these cups are proprietary to the cage I have to order them from King Cages or get the local store to order them for me.

Anyway Team Green had always taken a bath in one of the 15-20oz water bowls (but only the one in BB's cage never Cheddar's cage) and those are long gone. So I bought a huge 30oz bowl to sit in the bottom of BB's cage. Yes they do use it...some of the time. The rest of the time BB's trying to stuff himself into one of the 8oz "D" cups...and he just don't fit! But he keeps on trying.

Here's a photo of a 5oz round cup (I use those for treats and "wet" food) and the 8oz "D" cup.

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[Emma&pico]

The new cages use a strange 8oz "D" cup that latch on to the door bracket, works well as far as I can see. Only problem is there is no real way to use a regular old round cup as you can't take off the factory bracket, it's welded on.

Plus as these cups are proprietary to the cage I have to order them from King Cages or get the local store to order them for me.

Anyway Team Green had always taken a bath in one of the 15-20oz water bowls (but only the one in BB's cage never Cheddar's cage) and those are long gone. So I bought a huge 30oz bowl to sit in the bottom of BB's cage. Yes they do use it...some of the time. The rest of the time BB's trying to stuff himself into one of the 8oz "D" cups...and he just don't fit! But he keeps on trying.

Here's a photo of a 5oz round cup (I use those for treats and "wet" food) and the 8oz "D" cup.

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Haha Keep trying BB too funny

 

[Dartman]

Check out my post about Dobby trying to stuff himself into sisters water cup as she rinsed it at the sink. Size has no meaning to them, if it has water in it I'll make myself fit Pippen usually jumps into her big water bowel when we change it which is one reason every birb has a small animal water bottle on their cages so they always have clean water to drink no matter what.

 

[Shezbug]

You can get brackets that either just hook on to the cage or there are other brackets that bolt on so you can drop a normal round coop cup in them.

 

[Mark & Da Boyz]

The problem is the feeder door IS the bracket and it's welded in place. I don't see an easy way to replace this set-up with a cup and ring mount. BUT like I posted it's not a bad setup you just have to buy the cups for King Cages and hope they don't decided to stop making them or the whole cage will be useless without these cups. I should point out the little shelf is the door and opens and closes like your oven door, it does lock in place nicely as well.

 

[svetlak]

The problem is the feeder door IS the bracket and it's welded in place. I don't see an easy way to replace this set-up with a cup and ring mount. BUT like I posted it's not a bad setup you just have to buy the cups for King Cages and hope they don't decided to stop making them or the whole cage will be useless without these cups. I should point out the little shelf is the door and opens and closes like your oven door, it does lock in place nicely as well.

You do not need to replace anything. You have plenty of bars around the "official" food/water bowl set-up the cage comes with. All you need to do is hook/bolt on other types of bowls elsewhere in the cage. The options are pretty much endless.

As a matter of fact, this is exactly how I use my own parrot's cage. I have put in it my own bowls. I do not use the ones the cage came with - it uses the same principle your cage was conceived with (same type of bowls and outside doors for them).

It is certainly not the absence of the D-shape cups the cage is normally intended to be used with that will make it useless.