Sunnys Cage

This is Sunnys cage he will be coming home to. We still have to get the toys and swing before he comes home.

 

Seeing as my birds have paired off and there has been a fair bit of mating going on, I decided to knock up a couple of nest boxes for them today. The one we had in the cage for Rex originally was really a little small anyway and I thought I could build them to mount on the outside of the main cage, freeing up room inside. Each box is 250mm (10 inches) cubed.

Currently pine shavings inside. One of our local tiel breeders, who has a good reputation, prefers to use river sand as bedding as she believes it holds it's warmth better than pine shavings, so maybe I'll try that down the track.

There was a small door on each end of the cage, which I removed and now provides access to the nest boxes.

Now to see if they like their new accommodation

Cheers,
Dave.

 

Good luck! Keep us updated with any news of eggs/babies!!!

p.s. I wouldnt use sand as nestbox bedding, if eaten it could cause crop or digestive tract impaction.

 

Well the boys have each claimed a box and are busy making preparations, so the next week or two should tell.

 

I took an old entertainment center and did some wood work to turn it into an enclosure. Fairly inexpensive and entirely unique. I've already been asked to build one for a friend. Dimensions are 40x30x25 we have there tiels in there but they spend most of their day outside the cage.

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So here's my cage after I cleaned it last week. everything is moved around since the last cleaning, and some new things have been added. And since the picture I have added some toys so it's not so bare as it looks.

 

lol. it doesn't even look that bare in the picture, bailey. but i like it! i should hang the plastic chain i have like that.

 

Usually I string the chain above perches in the middle of the cage and hang toys off of it, but sometimes the toys get pooped on so I have to be careful. I thought they didn't like the chain as a perch, but I can move it to the top and they'll sit on it all the time. So it just depends where I put it.

 

using it to hang toys is also a good idea!

 

Oh, and there's also like 6 toys on top of the cage. So they get more fun when they're out

 

I'm going to start a new post for it, but I'm wanting to build a bigger playgym for the top of the cage since I'm getting two more babies so they will be more occupied during OOC time.

 

and yes the bar spacing is a tad big, we have mesh we put over the sides for when we are not home, when at home its off as we are there to supervise

 

I think tiels enjoy the shortness of the double stack cage. Grey and Ama had no qualms about playing on the bottom of the cage from how it was set up.

 

So this is the boys' temporary home, it is about half the size of the flight cage they were in. The dimensions are 30x18x24. They are dealing with the change rather well, though it is more difficult to round them up when we need them back in the cage..they'll be happy when the new double stack arrives. I plan to put one in the top, one in the bottom, and leave the third in the temporary cage until Allie goes over there. So each will have a large amount of space to themselves for a while.

 

Kirk does not look pleased. lol.

 

Well Luna is bonded to Taz so he bullies Kirk around, but Kirk holds his own..

 

i know when these guys eventually get both halves of the cage, i have to put acrylic sheets around the bottom level, because its low to the ground and our cats would hassle them. but its not a problem for anyone. thats only a few years away (hopefully, we are hoping our hedgehog is with us for a few more years, shes already getting old)

 

That's the main reason I pulled the middle on mine. I didn't want anybody to be subjec to hassle. There are some half sheets on the bottom now but the cats dont even look their way thankfully.

 

i dont trust 3 of mine with low cages lol one of them is old and scared of birds lol

 

DallyTsuka, your cages is very nice. I like all the toys. Im currently in the proccess of toy shopping for watsons cage

 

i make most of my toys myself, very few have i actually bought lol i make most of everything actually.

 

That's my plan..i want to break luna and taz's bond because they're mean to kirk.

 

what about kirk and allie? it might work out better and then cage them separate if needed, but maybe it will give kirk a buddy?

 

Well I was going to do that if Taz and Luna couldn'g handle being apart..lol.

 

i would try that first it would make everyone happy. because then the ones separated and left with kirk may be even more miserable and be meaner. i think they may pick on him because hes the 3rd wheel lol

 

Lol we'll see how everything works out.

 

Thanks for all the great photos. I really enjoy looking at how the cages are laid out, it gives me some ideas.
I have one cockatiel and I am thinking about upgrading the cage. Tell me what you think of this cage. Does anyone have it?

http://www.petco.com/product/114150/Petco-Designer-Mink-Brown-Standing-Parrot-Cage.aspx

 

i dont have it, but thats an AWESOME cage for a tiel

 

It looks great!