ultimate cage mat! maybe...

[samccormack]

I’ve been on the search for some cage mats that will protect my carpets and support my cages better than what the chair mats and foam mats have been able to do without spending a fortune. Finally last week I found this on amazon:

IncStores - 16 Piece Modular Tap Dance Set with Edge Pieces (Oak) - Excellent for use as portable dance floors, trade show booths, and general flooring https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01CRA4JFW/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_9aDICb2CPPTD3‘

It remains to be seen how they hold up long term but they hold up the cages well so far and work on carpets and hard floors.

Before anyone asks Elima’s cage had just been placed and I hadn’t hung her water bottle yet.

Here is a picture of a 4x4 foot floor under Elima’s cage

 

[Farlie]

Looks nice. So, you're going to be cleaning a 'floor' instead of a rug? Personally, I think I like cleaning a rug. Why? Cuz all I have to do is vacuum it up. No scrubbing or water or soap or anything but vacuuming.

 

[CrazyBirdChick]

That looks like a good solution for protecting the carpet. I hope it works out for you! The manufacturer claims to have a 12 year warranty too. Hopefully you'll never need to use it but if so I hope parrot destruction is covered

 

[Dartman]

Looks like a great way to make a carpeted area into a vynil covered bird room or play area. Almost all the rooms in my house are carpeted so finding bird safe areas for Dobby is hard. He lives on the vynil front door threshold that we don't use. We use the office carpet vynil runners and office chair covers. Kinda spendy but if they truly last 12 years and can be locked together or used by themselves it's quite a easy reasonable solution.

 

[AviaryByTheSea]

I’ve been on the search for some cage mats that will protect my carpets and support my cages better than what the chair mats and foam mats have been able to do without spending a fortune. Finally last week I found this on amazon:

Looks like a great way to make a carpeted area into a vynil covered bird room or play area. Almost all the rooms in my house are carpeted so finding bird safe areas for Dobby is hard. He lives on the vynil front door threshold that we don't use. We use the office carpet vynil runners and office chair covers. Kinda spendy but if they truly last 12 years and can be locked together or used by themselves it's quite a easy reasonable solution.

Looks nice. So, you're going to be cleaning a 'floor' instead of a rug? Personally, I think I like cleaning a rug. Why? Cuz all I have to do is vacuum it up. No scrubbing or water or soap or anything but vacuuming.

Looks like a great way to make a carpeted area into a vynil covered bird room or play area. Almost all the rooms in my house are carpeted so finding bird safe areas for Dobby is hard. He lives on the vynil front door threshold that we don't use. We use the office carpet vynil runners and office chair covers. Kinda spendy but if they truly last 12 years and can be locked together or used by themselves it's quite a easy reasonable solution.

Over the years I have attempted many solutions for this problem... What I have finally settled on, and it works quite well, is to wrap a vinyl mesh (literally HD window screen) around the bottom half of all the cages. I attached with aluminum corner bead. This keeps the majority of the mess inside the cage. I also simply use moving blankets from harbor freight. They are like 10$ and are machine washable. I switch them out as needed.