Heya Guys. Heres my latest set up. Still working on it. Trying to replace skittles cage for sure as i hates it.

Budgies and slush's cage

black one is hug's and white is skittles

max's new cage which cost a ton! lol

 

Here's Jasper's Cage:

It's the recommended size for Tiels, but I would LOVE to upgrade it. I know his cage looks empty, but he has lots more stuff in it now. When I go home for Christmas I'll post another picture. He has one of those curvy thingies (late night sorry) now and I put it high up and it's kind of large so his feet don't curl around. He loves that thing, I want to get more, hopefully wood ones to replace those in the pic, but I haven't decided on it.

Solace your cage is SO creative with the way the sticks are and stuff. I like it.

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K so I fixed up Jas's cage for Christmas and I am so pleased with myself. I hope he learns to use all the new stuff.

 

Just got it off someone else. Going to go shopping on Monday and get some perches and some toys.

 

Just got it off someone else. Going to go shopping on Monday and get some perches and some toys.

Just curious... what are the dimensions of your cage? Looks like you have a pretty tiel there, btw!

 

A Cockatiel needs adequate space for perching, flapping their wings and walking around. Cockatiels are better off with a cage that is bigger width wise rather than height. Some Cockatiels will spend most of their time sitting on the bottom of the cage, so having a very tall and skinny cage will not fit a Cockatiel's needs. Their tails and wings need to have enough room, so they do not become broken or injured from slamming it on the side of the cage. A square cage is always better than a round one as well. Anything smaller than this could cause problems for your Cockatiel.

Your 'tiel gets lots of out time, so that helps a lot too. I'd recommend if you ever got another cage to get one that's 24"x 22"x 38 or something like that. Your cage isn't really that bad.

 

The rule of thumb as I see it is get the largest cage you can possibly afford. a smaller cage can actually cause psychological problems for a 'tiel.

 

Lola's home

Here is a picture of Lola's cage. She doesn't seem to spend much time in it, though. She spends most of her time on top where her play area is, or on my shoulder!

 

Wow! What a great cage!! What brand is that, btw?

 

I believe I have a Prevue Pet Select 3153 A19 cage. I had to look it up because I have the paperwork "lost" in my house somewhere. This cage appears to be the same model. I was able to come across this cage at my local Petsmart... Got lucky

 

Thanks for posting the brand; it looks like a WONDERFUL cage! (I didn't realize Prevue even made such large cages; I'm just used to seeing their small ones in the pet store!)

 

I'm currently shopping for a cage. Does anyone have recommendations for dimensions? I don't need a huge, mammoth cage because I am 80% sure I will only have one tiel at a time, at the MOST two.

Also, if you buy a cage online, how does it ship? Is it disassembled? I live in an apartment building so it would get stuck in the rental office until I picked it up.

 

The smallest you should get is 30w by 18d by 18h, don't get anything less than that. But bigger is always better for your bird(s)!

When you order cages online, they come dissassembled, so you will have to put it together yourself. There also quite easy to put together.

 

Sarah, here are a couple of options for you. the first company is in Chicago.
http://www.windycityparrot.com/page/Windycityparrot/CTGY/cagesbreed I ordered 2 of the cages at the top of this page. They are a great size and easy to put together. The folks at Windy City Parrot were great to deal with. The cage arrived one day before the date promised. http://www.bird.com/itemdy00.asp?T1=502906+WHT I also have one of these and it is very well built and the addition of the seed catcher makes it easier to keep clean around it.

 

Sue, I checked out the URL with the cage and it looks great and is a reasonable price! From the picture, the cage doesn't look terrible big but the dimensions are 32L x 24W x 45H! That sounds really big. Is that too much for my little to-be tiel?

 

Your very welcome!

 

I'm buying the cage from bird.com.

*hug* I love you guys--you have helped me so much!

 

The cage should be coming any day now. I looked at the description again to look at the dimensions.

It says:

Overall dimensions are 39.4 Inch L x 39.5 Inch W x 68.5 Inch H. Actual Cage dimensions are 32 Inch L x 24 Inch W x 45 Inch H.

Wait, how could it possibly be 68.5 in high? That is taller than me!

 

Wait, how could it possibly be 68.5 in high? That is taller than me!

It probably includes the stand.

 

I'm just starting to worry that it's way bigger than it looked in the picture and that it may be too big for my one tiel!

 

You can NEVER have a cage that is too big. Always try to get the biggest cage you can afford. If you think its big, it will definitely keep him/her happy!
Good luck!

Plus... you'll have room for a possible future friend

The actual cage dimensions are: Actual Cage dimensions are 32 Inch L x 24 Inch W x 45 Inch H.
like you said. The added up height is including the stand. It is less than four feet tall.
All you need to worry about is the bar spacing of a cage. That is what limits you to the size. If it is too big the bird's head can get caught in it.

 

It's not that big! I'm 5' 4" and it comes up to my chin.

 

Ok, good! Glad to hear--I am also 5'4".

Maybe I was confused. I thought that 68.5 inches was around 5'8", which would be taller than me.

In the future I may add another tiel to keep the other company while I am at work, so this will be a good fit. Plus, I want to spoil him/her anyway.

Thanks again for all the help you guys have been giving me. I'm a huge animal lover and this is a big deal to me. I want everything to be great for the little guy/girl I get.

 

Thats great that you are getting a large cage

 

5 feet is 60 inches so there must be something wrong with their measurement in that case. The rest of the dimensions sound right though. I measured it and the depth from the front to the back is 24". The width from one side to the other is 31" and the total height including stand is just under 60" WITHOUT the castors. I took mine outside to give it a good cleaning and lost two of the castors on some concrete steps so I just took them all off. It seems fine to me without them! The seed catcher also adds several inches to both the depth and width dimentions.

 

The cage should come any day now so I'll let you know how the set up goes!

 

I just got an email saying that it won't be delivered until Friday! Boo!

 

Gosh...all your cages are so nice! I wish I had found you guys BEFORE i bought mine!!! I bought mine from Petsmart...it was listed as a cockatiel cage starter. But darn for $50 more I could have had an awesome cage like the ones I just seen!

I paid $99 for this one and it came with a few supplies. I wonder if I can return it? I don't have any of the packaging but I have my receipt, but I also opened and used all the supplies it came with.

Tell me your honest opinions!

 

I say the bigger the cage the better I would also get a variety of perches so his feet don't get sore. Also a few more toys would be fun. You can always save up to get a new cage and keep the old one for a travel/hospital cage. Just make sure he gets plenty of out of cage time and Iam sure he will be fine.

 

The biggest you can afford is my rule of thumb!

 

Soooooo do you think my cage is too small?

 

Wow, I'm putting the cage together and it is ridiculously big. Even though it was a good deal, it seems way to big for one tiel...

 

Which one did you get??? Was it reasonable priced? Will you show pictures?