The cage I have now is ****. lol. Minx can escape and Pickle nearly did while I was watching yesterday... I've temporarily remedied this by putting a towel on top of the cage... But I want a new cage.

 

The ones in pet shops/on ebay are either not what I want, or super expensive, so i've decided to build one with the help of my dad and boyfriend.

 

I want one bigger, longer horizontally than vertically, and a rectangle. I have a table that the cage is currently sitting on, and I want to make the new cage the size of the table.

 

We are planning on making it out of mesh, similar to what most aviaries are made of. Is this suitable?

 

We are thinking of ways to make a slide out tray at the bottom for easy cleaning, and will put hinged doors for food/water dishes.

 

Now. If you could build your ideal cage, what features would you have? Little things to make it more convenient or fun for your bird?

 

I'm looking for any and every idea... I want to make it the best I can, and something that I can ahve for a long time, and something that my budgies will enjoy.

Wowo big job!

 

Mesh in my experience is okay

The shape and size sounds good

YOu will have to whatch hinged doors and put pad locks or pegs on them... just incase!

How big is the table?

Um... I would guess at least a metre on the long side, maybe 50cm on the short side... And I will make it probablya metre tall. Okay nwo thinking about it I think the table is longer than a metre. I'll have to measure it. It's nice and big though.

 

There will definately be a latch/locking type thing on the doors. Already have escaping birds, the new cage needs to be escape proof!