I am only new here but I spent some time yesterday researching the right sort of cage, the size and shape etc.

 

Then last night I visited a couple of pet shops, looking at prices etc, while I was in the central market pet shop, they sold a budgie in a tiny cage, the cage was about 30cm x 30cm by about 20cm wide, what I would consider a travel cage! but they said the bird would be fine, that there was plenty of space for it.

 

There was no food or water containers or room for toys! this makes me so sad, the poor little bird was bought by a student who possibly hasn't done any research and it could barely turn around let alone stretch it's wing!

 

Suffice to say they will not be getting any of my business!

I agree that it's completely wrong of the pet shop to give out wrong information but it is also the responsibility of the person buying the pet to educate themselves. Nowadays there is plenty of information around on the web. There's really no excuse.

I got a medium sized cage for my budgie and she was excited to be in it. Heck I cant get her to come out anymore because she wants to stay in it all the time. She loves to talked to the plastic hooks and the door knobs on the cage as well.