Question about my cage setup

[Skyestruck]

Getting my first budgie soon, and I was wondering if the toys and perches are sufficient? The cage is 90cm long, 70cm wide and 100cm high, so there's plenty of space
Any advice would be much appreciated

 

[sunnysmom]

I like having perches by all of the food/water dishes. I think some of the perches might be too wide for a budgie. I can't see the clasps on the toys but are they the screw ones? The ones where you just kind of clip them shut aren't safe. I also think some of the perches are too close together. I am not a fan of that rope toy as I think the threads look too loose for lack of a better description and think little toes could get caught in them. I also think you need some additional toys of different variety. It is a nice cage. Just double check that bar spacing is okay. It looks okay but it's sometime hard to tell from pictures. You might want to also think about eventually getting a second budgie. Budgies really do better in pairs. I always recommend same sex to avoid breeding issues.

 

[Skyestruck]

Thanks for all the wonderful advice, I see even doing lots of research can't beat first-hand experience! I'll look into everything you said, and the bar spacing is 10mm, so they can't get their little heads between the bars. I'll definitely be monitoring the rope toy, and as soon as I spot danger or see signs that the budgie is ingesting the fibers I'll remove it. I'll certainly get the budgie a friend once we're bonded And more toys! Absolutely a better variety of toys.

 

[Sparkles99]

That’s coming along nicely! I’d not worry about the perch being too thick. Some of mine prefer wide diameter perches. Conversely, I wonder about the perch in the lower right hand corner as you face the cage - looks like a twig? Mine also love stainless steel toys, plastic beads, Bird Kabob loofah toys, other shreddable toys, etc.

 

[Skyestruck]

Can't thank you enough for all the advice and attention you're giving to a beginner bird owner, this is truly helping so much! I was thinking that in case the perches are indeed too thick, I could split some and sand them down nicely, to fashion them into the right size. The perch you mention isn't really a twig, as in reality it's way thinner than on the photo. It's a flatter kind of perch that kind of goes up (store bought, so that's not something I picked up from outside). I'll be replacing all the clips the toys hang from with twine, and will be adding a ladder. Thank you again!
About the rope toy, I was thinking of cutting off the fibers, do you think that would work?

 

[Emma&pico]

Looks brilliant lovely big cage for a budgie you can cut bottom fibres that will make it less tempting to play with
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[Emma&pico]

As for perches mine (conures ) all prefer thicker perches or flat perches are an absolute favourite

 

[Skyestruck]

Thank you! Will trim the fibers then, and I'll look into getting some nice toys in the future, gotta work with what we have for the moment though (but I'm definitely going to do some DIYs)

 

[Emma&pico]

Thank you! Will trim the fibers then, and I'll look into getting some nice toys in the future, gotta work with what we have for the moment though (but I'm definitely going to do some DIYs)

I think it’s lovely too many toys to start can freak them out if they aren’t used to toys plus you can get to know there likes and dislikes too

 

[Skyestruck]

Absolutely, I'll be watching the little guy carefully to see how he behaves to the toys

 

[sunnysmom]

Can't thank you enough for all the advice and attention you're giving to a beginner bird owner, this is truly helping so much! I was thinking that in case the perches are indeed too thick, I could split some and sand them down nicely, to fashion them into the right size. The perch you mention isn't really a twig, as in reality it's way thinner than on the photo. It's a flatter kind of perch that kind of goes up (store bought, so that's not something I picked up from outside). I'll be replacing all the clips the toys hang from with twine, and will be adding a ladder. Thank you again!
About the rope toy, I was thinking of cutting off the fibers, do you think that would work?

You can use clasps that look like this. There are some that kind of slide shut that can be dangerous.

 

[Skyestruck]

One of the toys has one like this and I left it, good to know, thank you! For the rest, I removed the clasps and hung the toys up with bits of twine