TinyDino
Strolling the yard
- Joined
- 1/22/21
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- Holly
I've been lurking here for a while but finally had to register to say how much I love this forum. I had budgies and zebra finches when I was a kid/teen. And my mom usually had a canary. But I'm now on a waiting list with a stellar breeder for a GCC. I just got my oldest daughter a budgie as well (Sherlock, Shirley for short).
I have had the damndest time finding a cage for my soon-to-be-fid. The first one I ordered I bought based on the dimensions not realizing that it was the exterior dimensions including the seed guard that I didn't even install. It wasn't even the minimum recommended 24x24. So after assembling it and setting up all the toys and perches I had to sell it. The second I ordered was great but then Cages 4 Less called to tell me shipping across the border would be an extra $300 USD. Oof.
I've been looking and looking and looking for a large cage that was at least 24 deep and nice and wide (I wanted bigger than the minimum) but everything big enough had way too wide bar spacing!
Thanks to Avian Avenue I found out that you can make a few small changes to the assembly process of the Midwest Critter Nation cage to adapt it for birds and that it's the same material as their bird cages! Now I've got the perfect cage being delivered tomorrow! And that's just the tip of the iceberg for what I've been learning here. So thank you to all you lovely bird people for sharing your wisdom!
Now I just have to wait the torturous 5-6 months for my breeder to have any available clutches. In the mean time I'm continuing to learn and making lots of diy toys and diy playstands for my bird and my daughter's budgie.
I have had the damndest time finding a cage for my soon-to-be-fid. The first one I ordered I bought based on the dimensions not realizing that it was the exterior dimensions including the seed guard that I didn't even install. It wasn't even the minimum recommended 24x24. So after assembling it and setting up all the toys and perches I had to sell it. The second I ordered was great but then Cages 4 Less called to tell me shipping across the border would be an extra $300 USD. Oof.
I've been looking and looking and looking for a large cage that was at least 24 deep and nice and wide (I wanted bigger than the minimum) but everything big enough had way too wide bar spacing!
Thanks to Avian Avenue I found out that you can make a few small changes to the assembly process of the Midwest Critter Nation cage to adapt it for birds and that it's the same material as their bird cages! Now I've got the perfect cage being delivered tomorrow! And that's just the tip of the iceberg for what I've been learning here. So thank you to all you lovely bird people for sharing your wisdom!
Now I just have to wait the torturous 5-6 months for my breeder to have any available clutches. In the mean time I'm continuing to learn and making lots of diy toys and diy playstands for my bird and my daughter's budgie.