What is the minimum bird cage size for a Green Cheek Conure?
When we first bought a cage for our GCC (Green Cheek Conure) we decided a really big one was the best option. But now it’s hell to clean it, even once a week.
What is the minimum cage size for a GCC and what can I do to keep the cage cleaner?
Anatomy of a Bird Cage – Why Are They Made Like That?
Having sold bird cages for almost 20 years it’s easy to assume that our customers know bird cages, but we don’t want to take anything for granted.
If you are considering making your own birdcage perches from trees in the backyard or local forest preserve, it’s important to know which wood species are safe and which ones are not. Please use the list below as a reference.
If you do introduce outside wood into your bird’s cage you should disinfect the branches with a good quality disinfectant like Mango Pet Focus – and allow them to dry completely before putting them in your bird’s cage.
 Our economical bird nail trimmer has become very popular now that caged bird keepers realize how easy it is to trim their own bird’s nails while saving money at the same time. Make sure you know how to towel your bird to make nail trimming much easier.
Although we recommend using our electric nail trimmers to keep your bird’s nails trimmed, we do not recommend that you attempt to trim your bird’s beak.
It’s a sensitive organ and has a lot of sensory receptors and which could potentially be very painful to your bird if handled in the wrong way, which got me to thinking about today’s topic. Think – just slipping a 1/8 inch on the bird’s beak in the wrong direction can damage sensory cells (Herbst corpuscles).
Hello!
We are loyal patrons of WCP and look forward to the Sunday brunch every week. Perhaps this topic has already come up, but it is a question about bird species.
We have 3 parakeets that get along well although they did not grow up together. All are rescues. We are thinking about adding a cockatiel to the family and are wondering about cages. So, the parakeets have a large cage (approx 2.5′ H x 2′ W X 1′ D) and we have a smaller cage (about 1.5′ HWD) that is just lying around empty.
First question: would a cockatiel require a separate cage or could they all sleep together in the same cage?
Second: Assuming that they cannot share a cage, would you recommend the keets in the smaller cage or leave them in their current habitat?
Third: Would cockatiels and parakeets be competitive/territorial in an open space (like an aviary)?
Thank you for any advice you have on this.
Cheers,
Gemma
On Sun, Oct 16, 2016 at 12:54 PM UTC, Joyce wrote:
Hello,
We live in southern TX, and would like to take our Amazon outside since the weather is so nice this time of year. I will purchase a cage of course, but my concerns are what types of bugs and disease am I potentially going to expose her to? She will also be in a covered patio. How do I keep her safe?
Thank You,
Joyce
Editor’s note: you will read these words later in the post:
Hi Catherine. Â Peaches has always been in my small bird room with the cockatiels, lovebirds, Meyers, Quakers, conures, and a very skittish white-capped Pionus I adopted last year. Â It’s been a long road to get her to accept me. Â Peaches doesn’t like to be near (within 2 Â feet) other birds.
Otherwise she tolerates them so I am sure she is loving all the attention Mitch is giving her. Â She was out of her cage (24 X 22) morning and afternoon for a total of two hours. Â She also enjoyed being on the jungle gym in the kitchen area. Â I have never used a water bottle with her. She doesn’t throw food in her water. Â Since I am home all day. Â Water dishes get changed twice a day if needed.
My first medium sized parrot was a loving sun conure who spent all the years of her life with me. She chose me one day when I was in a pet shop when she was just weaned, about 8 weeks old.
Today I know I got her for the wrong reasons. I was fast learning a lot about my budgie Sydney and twice-found cockatiel Cocoa. After two cold winters in Denver, my husband and I were at last returning to Cape Canaveral for his job on the Space Shuttle. Before leaving Denver I said I wanted a bike for riding the beach and a parrot to ride with me. When SunDance picked me, little did I know she would have an absolute horror of bicycles. No matter how I worked with her, she never overcame this fear.
