Tips to Picking the Right Cockatiel Birdcage

May 26th, 2009 at 5:06am

Choosing the right type of birdcage is not always an easy thing, especially if you’ve never owned a cockatiel before. There are some specific things that cocktatiels need in order to live happily. Below are five tips that will help you to choose the right cockatiel bird cage.

1. Appropriate Living Space for Your Cockatiel - When you’re thinking of buying and cockatiel birdcage, it has to have the right amount of space for the bird. Your little bird has to have plenty of room to stretch and flap its wings. In a you take into consideration the length of your cockatiels tail is you don’t want it to drag on the floor get hung up.

2. How Big - When you’re trying to determine how big of a cage you should get, you need to take into account all of the items that you have inside the cage as well. you need to think that you’re going to have perches and toys, as well as food and water dishes in the cage so this needs to go into your decision-making as well.

3. The Spacing of the Bars - You must make sure that the bars are close enough together that the cockatiel cannot get its head through them. As a general rule of thumb you shouldn’t buy one with a bar spacing of more than three quarters of an inch, between 1/2 inch and three quarters of an inch is ideal.

4. How the Bars Are Laid out - Your cockatiel loves to climb so you need to make sure that the cage you buy has bars that run vertically as well as horizontally. Cockatiels absolutely need these verticle bars on their cages so do not buy a cage without them.

5. Easy to Clean - Having a cage that is easy to maintain and keep clean is really important, not only for the bird but for you as well. It is a good idea to buy a cage with a removable plastic tray on the bottom of it. This will make cleaning less of a chore for you and you be more apt to do it on a regular basis.

Using the steps as a guideline to buying any cockatiel cage could help you to make a good decision on which cage to buy. Cockatiel birdcages come in lots of different designs, textures, shapes and materials, and in the end it will boil down to what you like and what you can afford. Just make sure that the cage follows these guidelines.

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