Is that the bars are really hard to bend . That means the powder coating is a bit thick . That can hurt bird and cause DEATH . The Vet recommends you try and bend the bar of a cage before to buy it and if it bends easy then you know that is a 89 % safe cage .

then you know that is a 89 % safe cage .

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How did they get that statistic? :hap:

I don't get it...Is the powder-coating the problem? I'd think that bars that can't bend would be safer, as no chance of moving them & wedging a head in between. Explain!

You got me interested?

I dont know how they came up with one but they did . If the wire are thicker and the powder coating is thicker then mostlikely you do have a problem . But from now on I onl;y buy the cages where the bars bends .

I'll have to check the cages in the local pet store next time I go in? Thanks.

By the way it only happened to my about a week ago and the budgie was only still very young .

I don't understand at all. I don't want this to sound insensitive but how exactly did the bird die? If it got its head stuck then you'd be better off with bars that don't bend easily and are 1/2" or less. The bars on my cages are actually quite bendy but not so much that the budgies or cockatiels can bend them. A larger parrot would be able to though, I'm sure.

The bird died cause by a injury to the head . when flying a around the cage it bumped it head and died within ringing up the vet . Vet was busy and said see it in half a hour . That vet siad this happens 59 % of the time .

59 % of the time .

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Where'd they get all those statistics ? Thats so sad about what happened ,but couldn't it have happened with anything, like flying into a toy or a mirror in the cage. I'm more inclined to call it a tragic accident. I'd rather risk that then having them bend the cage bars and get their head stuck. I saw a cockatiel do that at a pet store :fear Fortunately, an employee saw her before it got too bad.

Birds will do that in an aviary as well, when they get a fright (usually by a mouse in the aviary!)

That's really unfortunate and sounds like the bird would have to be extremely frightened (during a night fright maybe) to go fast and wild enough to cause such an injury.

I also think it was just an unfortunate accident. How would it be different if the bars were bendy? I know what you mean when they bend but that doesnt mean a keet can just grab it and the bars will bend. Its not like they are elsatic or anything, they are still metal and hard. I think it could have happened in any cage to any bird.

sorry to hear about this tragic accident. :redalbino:

 

i think those statistics are a bit random though.

I think those statistics are wrong too. I have many birds in aviaries, and the only time I lose birds in this way is when they first go into a new aviary. After about a week, they seem to know their way around the cage, and don't make this tragic mistake. I realise that in a smaller cage this kind of injury is less preventable, from a fright, but just don't see how it can happen that often.

59 % of the time .

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Where'd they get all those statistics :redalbino: ? Thats so sad about what happened ,but couldn't it have happened with anything, like flying into a toy or a mirror in the cage. I'm more inclined to call it a tragic accident. I'd rather risk that then having them bend the cage bars and get their head stuck. I saw a cockatiel do that at a pet store Fortunately, an employee saw her before it got too bad.

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No it was a Cage accident . Not a toy one . As blood was on the cage bars .

 

 

 

That's really unfortunate and sounds like the bird would have to be extremely frightened (during a night fright maybe) to go fast and wild enough to cause such an injury. 

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I dont know why but this was during the day time. I did not hear any Bang .

 

 

 

 

sorry to hear about this tragic accident.

 

i think those statistics are a bit random though.

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Thanks

So sorry to hear of your loss, thats a bummer.

 

But I am TOTALLY confused. Why would you want bars on the cage that are flexable enough to move? So your bird can get its head stuck and die that way? I have never heard of a cage that would have bouncy enough bars not to cause damage if the bird fly franticly into it. Personally, if I were a budgie, I think I would rather bang my head and hope I pass quickly, rather than get my head stuck in the bars and die slowly.

 

This whole bar topic has me very confused. What does the powder coating have to do with it?

 

 

back to the original post, hows your cages eterri? Are they set up? Do your birdies love them? And of course, PICS???

 

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Can i just point out that blood on the bars mean nothing other than the bird was bleeding. The bird could have hurt itself on anything at all and still got blood on the bars.