annafauna
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Long story short(er-ish), I have two budgies in a large, tall cage and got two more a couple of days ago. But one (Snowy) is missing toes and has no flight feathers (I'm not sure why somebody would have clipped her wings and not the other one's, so I think it's a limb defect, but we'll wait and see if she grows any!). She gets around okay in her own way -- but she falls fairly frequently, so I'm having reservations about eventually putting her in our big budgie cage. Her sister (Ivy) is quite bossy with her, and our other two girls (Gemmy and Pickle) are the queens of bossy. I think those three girls will get along fine, once they're introduced. But I've had chickens long enough to know how relieved a bird is when it's removed from a lowest-on-the-pecking-order situation. So for those reasons, I'm thinking Snowy would do best in her own cage.
Anyway, the real question I have is whether I want this cage with or without the stand:
It's your typical 18x18x30" cage -- it's $54 without a stand and $80 with. I feel like either is a pretty good deal for a good-sized bird cage, but $26 is $26, right?
My plan, I think, is to keep the cage on a cabinet in our living room. From that place, Snowy will be able to see and hear the other budgies. But it might be nice to be able to move it around. Next to the big cage, so they can visit. Maybe take her to a quieter room to socialize with her. During the warm months, I wheel our big cage out onto our screened porch on nice days, open the cage doors, and Gemmy and Pickle treat the porch like an aviary. Unless Snowy really does wind up growing flight feathers, she won't be able to come out of her cage out there, but it would be nice to bring the cage onto the porch -- they always seem to enjoy being in the fresh air and hearing the wild birds.
So I guess the main things to know are... Is the stand rubbish? I'm curious if anybody here has it. The reviews make it sound like the shelf is fairly useless, certainly no good for storing heavy containers of food. But I wonder if it can even stand up to being used as a cart for moving the cage around. Also: How heavy/awkward is this size cage? Compared to our big cage (which obv is on casters), it seems like it should be easy to move around, but I might be overestimating my strength! Even if I'm not using the stand super frequently, will I be glad to have it when I want to move Snowy's cage?
Thanks!
Anyway, the real question I have is whether I want this cage with or without the stand:
It's your typical 18x18x30" cage -- it's $54 without a stand and $80 with. I feel like either is a pretty good deal for a good-sized bird cage, but $26 is $26, right?
My plan, I think, is to keep the cage on a cabinet in our living room. From that place, Snowy will be able to see and hear the other budgies. But it might be nice to be able to move it around. Next to the big cage, so they can visit. Maybe take her to a quieter room to socialize with her. During the warm months, I wheel our big cage out onto our screened porch on nice days, open the cage doors, and Gemmy and Pickle treat the porch like an aviary. Unless Snowy really does wind up growing flight feathers, she won't be able to come out of her cage out there, but it would be nice to bring the cage onto the porch -- they always seem to enjoy being in the fresh air and hearing the wild birds.
So I guess the main things to know are... Is the stand rubbish? I'm curious if anybody here has it. The reviews make it sound like the shelf is fairly useless, certainly no good for storing heavy containers of food. But I wonder if it can even stand up to being used as a cart for moving the cage around. Also: How heavy/awkward is this size cage? Compared to our big cage (which obv is on casters), it seems like it should be easy to move around, but I might be overestimating my strength! Even if I'm not using the stand super frequently, will I be glad to have it when I want to move Snowy's cage?
Thanks!