I picked up this little aviary today and the guy is kindly going to deliver it for me on Saturday morning. I haven't yet decided whether it will house budgies, tiels or lorikeets.

 

Cool I like those they are simple and easy and great to house just a few. You are always finding the bargins.

It actually has a tray on the bottom rather than sitting straight on the dirt so it is completely sealed against rodents

Dude even better!

My worry with ones like that is that they are to hard to access.

Great buy

Where is the door

It has a nearly full height door on the side. I will be using it in my garage (which is being converted into a bird room) so there will be no danger of escape even if they do get out of the aviary.

I'd say tame lori's would be the best suited to that aviary.

At this stage I am thinking I will use it as a breeding cage for my ring necks. I have been given an old 2 X 2 shed which I am picking up next week to convert into an aviary also, I'll put the loris in that(they aren't tame). The ringnecks aren't particularly tame but they have clipped wings so they can't fly anyway. Plus it will be in an enclosed room so they won't be able to escape even if they do get out.

Is it big enough to breed parrots in?

I thought they needed flights as opposed to up and down cages because they prefer to use their wings (even when clipped will still try)

Where as lori's use their legs...

My IRNs were raised in a small cage(not by me) and they won't fly properly even when they have their wings. I tried putting them in the aviary a while ago and they just climbed around the wire and on the branches ,they didn't want to fly because when they tried they ran into the walls. When we move house I plan to set up a large parrot flight room and I will try and get them better at flying then when there isn't anything for them to run into but for the moment I think they are better off in a small aviary where they are less likely to injure themselves.

My IRNs were raised in a small cage(not by me) and they won't fly properly even when they have their wings. I tried putting them in the aviary a while ago and they just climbed around the wire and on the branches ,they didn't want to fly because when they tried they ran into the walls. When we move house I plan to set up a large parrot flight room and I will try and get them better at flying then when there isn't anything for them to run into but for the moment I think they are better off in a small aviary where they are less likely to injure themselves.

You still need room for fledging babies to fly in once out of the nest. I would say that aviary isnt big enough for breeding ringnecks and babies, also as Libby suggested.

Sorry I need to clarify better I think. The chicks won't be staying in there, I will be taking them out and handrearing them from about 2 weeks, so the cage only needs to suit Tim and Tam not the babies

Sorry I need to clarify better I think. The chicks won't be staying in there, I will be taking them out and handrearing them from about 2 weeks, so the cage only needs to suit Tim and Tam not the babies

Gotcha If you have one of those mosquito nets that hang from ceilings on a hoop.....attach it above the door of your new little aviary...step into it and through it as you go in through the door, so no escapes. Then when not in use toss it up on top out of the way.

It will be inside the garage plus they have their wings clipped so no escape possible anyway. I do that wth my outside aviary though, it's a great idea.