Chipping Paint

[Bea 0]

Grrrr, i'm so irritated!! I took the budgie cage into the front room to change the toys and perches around and in the different light i noticed that the paint is chipping away in places on the roof!! : Talk about annoying!!! This means that the metal underneath is becoming exposed which i am not happy with at all! Is the metal dangerous or is it only if it rusts that it becomes dangerous?

 

Now i'm looking for a new cage which is REALLY annoying because:

1) i've only had this one for approx. 6 months

2) i have been trying really hard to save my money in the bank and now it looks like i'm about to blow it all on a new cage!!! :budgiedance:

 

I would REALLY like to get them one like my tiels cage (Tiel Cage) but i seriously don't know where i would be able to put it, not without moving some of the furniture around in the loungeroom anyway which i doubt my parents will allow. I pretty much don't want to get the same thing i have now because that's proved it's "quality" and i'm not going to try to save money only to have to replace it in 6 months time. I also don't want to pay $80+ to get something half the size of what they're in. :ausb: Does anyone in Australia know of a good cage design/online store with reasonable prices? I would like to get a new cage ASAP because i don't like the idea of Blink and Oz being in a chipped cage.

[Guest Phoebe]

Hi Bea, guess you don't have the receipt to take it back, it shouldn't be doing that.

[Bea 0]

I doubt they'd do anything about it after 6 months anyway. But i've talked to dad and he's agreed to let me rearrange a couple of things so i can get the budgies a cage like the tiels have! I've got one on hold and i'll pick it up tomorrow.

[Guest Phoebe]

Wonderful news!

[Bea 0]

I'm thrilled!! Of course, not about the me spending all my money part! But the boys will have twice as much space. They'll love it!

[Rainbow 0]

Bea, what kind of cage is your 'tiel cage? I need a new one for my girls...they grump too much at night, LOL.

[Bea 0]

This is my tiel cage:

[Riebie 0]

*sniff* I love that cage - I want that cage Edited March 3, 2007 by Riebie

[Elly 0]

that is my cage (Laughing out loud) just love it and I got it on ebay for just 100 US, anyways from what I understand metal is poisoness period (I am sure that could be debated from those who never had issues) but it would be safer to replace. Have you thought about calling the manufacture about the issue? See if they have a website on-line and put in a complaint?

[Rainbow 0]

This is my tiel cage:

 

Do you know who the manufacturer is? What about dimensions? It looks like it would fit on the same wall my current budgie cage is on, but looks deeper and a little taller. I like it. It looks like 4 budgies with "personal space issues" would fit in it okay... To look at it in person, what do you think?

[Bea 0]

Have you thought about calling the manufacture about the issue? See if they have a website on-line and put in a complaint?

I believe that here it's made by a company called Avi One, it was cheap and flimsy so in a way i'm glad i'm replacing it anyway... I might look for a website though, they should be aware that this happened so quickly...

 

Do you know who the manufacturer is? What about dimensions? It looks like it would fit on the same wall my current budgie cage is on, but looks deeper and a little taller. I like it. It looks like 4 budgies with "personal space issues" would fit in it okay... To look at it in person, what do you think?

The company of this particular one is Avi One, but i think there are a few different ones that are REALLY similar (like identical) made by other companies. You can get a slightly taller version here for $99US. The dimensions of mine is 30" long, 18" wide, and 34" tall (not including the stand). It's a good cage, could easily fit 4 budgies in it.

Edited March 4, 2007 by Bea

[Bea 0]

New cage is home, built and decorated. Had a bit of an issue at the pet shop. They scanned the cage and the price that came up was $239 rather than the $152 i was expecting!! I explained to them that i had bought one a couple of months ago for $112 and it had been on sale with the catalouge claiming that i was saving $40. They couldn't find a catalouge from January but believed me and charged $159 (who knows why not $152, but whatever). So then i get it home to find the tray is cracked in one corner. I was SO angry!!!! However, as the old cage and new one are made by the same company the trays are the same, so i'm just using the old one. I'll ring the pet shop in the morning and have a whinge, i want some store credit. We also had a few little problems putting the cage together, some of the screws were REALLY difficult to do up, but my brother did it in the end and when i finally stopped being annoyed at the cage i decorated it with lots of perches and toys. For a while the budgies just did psycho laps around the loungeroom when they saw the big scary thing in their usual corner but now they're happily sitting on it and right now Oz is sitting on the rope perch i've made a landing zone out of on the door and flirting with a toy.

 

Here's a before picture:

 

And after:

[Elly 0]

they will love their cage (Laughing out loud) it seems so big right now but give it a couple months and it will fit them perfect and mine fly back and forth all the time in it .

[birdluv 0]

oh wow , l love their new cage !

they are going to love it

[Bea 0]

they will love their cage (Laughing out loud) it seems so big right now but give it a couple months and it will fit them perfect and mine fly back and forth all the time in it .

I thought i would see them in it and think it was ridiculously big but i don't, it's perfect for them! They're already totally happy with it and exploring their new house.

[Elly 0]

and I couldn't see adding 2 more to that cage is that now silly (Laughing out loud) because truly it gives them great space.

[Bea 0]

I'm so irritated!! Just rang the pet shop to see if i could get a credit or something and other than taking the cage back and exchanging it there's nothing. GRRRRRR!!! As i have a tray that fits and have set the cage up i'm not doing that. But that's so rude, if i'm going to fork out that much money to get a broken product and then not get any credit at all! I don't think i'll buy from there again.

[Guest Phoebe]

It still seems weird to me that a cage would become defective under 6 months and they won't address it.

[Bea 0]

I haven't spoken to any one about the original cage. I got it from a different pet shop and never got a reciept. I can't see the point in ringing the shop. I've been trying to find a site for the manufacturer of the cages but haven't had any luck.

[**KAZ** 0]

Can you take the tray back and insist they replace it. Be prepared to stand in the shop and get loud and vocal about your complaint and they will deal with you quickly to stop a negative commotion.

[Bea 0]

Can you take the tray back and insist they replace it. Be prepared to stand in the shop and get loud and vocal about your complaint and they will deal with you quickly to stop a negative commotion.

I am an extremely shy and quiet kind of person. Don't think i could get loud and angry at them. They said that what they do is send the product straight back to the supplier and get a full refund (why they apparently can't give me store credit), i've never seen the trays available separately.

[**KAZ** 0]

I thought they may have another cage there that they can give you the tray from and then they could send the other back at no inconvenience to you

[Bea 0]

I thought they may have another cage there that they can give you the tray from and then they could send the other back at no inconvenience to you

Opening another box and getting the tray out is probably requires too much brain power for them.