I...ahem.. I mean Newton... has awaited a new cage for a long time. And finally this Christmas I scrounged up enough dough to buy a new one. It's lovely and it fits in my room without having to move any furniture around. Of course now that I've gotten this cage I'm already hungry for another, even though I only have 1 budgie in this large cage at the moment. I seem to have been bitten by the cage bug. At the same time that I was purchasing the cage I bought another budgie. He has been dubbed Napoleon. He's lovely but is in quarantine and Newton is all alone in the huge cage. Still, she seems to love it! I haven't got much in there yet since it's so big, but I'll be slowly and steadily collecting things to put inside, since I work next to a pet store it's easy to just pop by and buy something. Let's just say... my bank account is slowly dying hehe.

 

Anyways, here's a picture of the cage. I was so happy to get it, I had a smile on my face all day! Hopefully Newton likes it as much as I do.

 

It's very tall but it's also resonably wide and deep by the looks of it. :rip: Does Newton go down the bottom of the cage at all? When i had a tall cage all my budgies just crowded themselves into the top corner. She might also like a rope perch or some natural branches of different widths to exercise her feet. :ausb:

Well at least you can fun filling it with toys and things.

It's very tall but it's also resonably wide and deep by the looks of it. Does Newton go down the bottom of the cage at all? When i had a tall cage all my budgies just crowded themselves into the top corner. She might also like a rope perch or some natural branches of different widths to exercise her feet.

 

yeah none of the cages were wide really. I wanted to get ride of that green dresser and get the widest cage possible but the only one I found was completely out of my price range and not much bigger. And yes she certainly does. But she has her favorite spots at the top as well. It's a heck of a lot bigger than her old cage... and i'm so happy she actually has room now. I let her out a lot too. If I want to add natural branches, can I take some from outdoors? How would I go out disinfecting those?

You have to be careful about what type of tree you get branches from. Nearly all fruit tree branches are safe though. Just cut some from a tree, scrub them well in avian disinfectant and then leave them to dry slowly in the sun for about a day. Rope perches should be easy to come by in pet stores and they're pretty cheap too. I can get them for just $6 - $8 from one of the pet shops here and they're really good for tired little budgie feet plus they add sooo much colour to the cage, looks great.

thanks for the advice Bea!

I've seen some rope perches at the pet store but they seem awfully large, we've got two main pet stores around here so I'll pop by and take a look at what they've got.

The large ones are mainly for big parrots, you should hopefully be able to find smaller ones too which are more budgie sized as well as cheaper.

Nice cage, tall but okay. Natural perches you can also bake them in the oven to make them safe I'm sure a few people on here have done this.

i had this exact cage when i have my lovebird and i posted it on here and asked for budgie and everyone told me no no way its to tall and skinny and budgies arnt hellocopters (excuse my ratty spelling of that word) so im confused....

i had this exact cage when i have my lovebird and i posted it on here and asked for budgie and everyone told me no no way its to tall and skinny and budgies arnt hellocopters (excuse my ratty spelling of that word) so im confused....

I remember reading that post

What are the dimensions? It really does look way too tall but the picture might not show how deep and wide it really is.

I remember that post too. Ideally the cage should be wider than tall, but in reality I see very few cages that are like that. If it is larger than your old cage I'm sure your budgie loves it. They seem to utilize any extra room well, even if they rarely go down to the bottom. The improvement is in their temperament or attitude. It's like they know there is more space if they want it. :hap:

From the picture it does look tall and it seems that it lacks in width but it really doesn't.

It's really deep/wide and if you stand and look at it in reality it's a very good size. It's the biggest cage I could afford and it cost me 200 dollars, on sale. Of course if ever I want to add more cage space I'll buy more cages. In my opinion the cage is really quite big, I honestly think pictures don't do justice to a lot of cages most of time. Newton flies around just fine, and since I let her out a lot it's perfectly fine. If she's happy and she is, then it's all good to me There's a huge difference between a tiny good for nothing cage and one like this. Of course it's not crazy wide but, it's still a good size. It's obviously not an aviary but I've seen many smaller cages on this forum. Eventually when I move out of my parent's house I'll build myself an aviary or have a birdroom. For now, in my bedroom this will do fine. Especially for just one birdie!