Sunnyclover
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Sun Conure - Ollie- Hatched 08/18/16*
Nanday Conure -Finley- Hatched 10/07/17*
Turquoise Yellow Sided Green Cheek Conure -Paris- Hatched 03/03/18*
Black Capped Conure -North- Hatched 10/10/18
Hi. I know so of you may have already read this text on my cage tour thread but I wanted to post this story on a more serious and appropriate place to maybe have a bigger chance of helping birdkind!
I would like to bring up an interesting point I found out about cage size.
When we 1st got Fin we had a smaller (but not THAT small) cage that the pet store recommended as the perfect size for a Nanday conure as a temporary cage until we found a nicer bigger one for him. After a couple of days I could barely get Finley to get into the cage and when I closed the door he screamed and bit at the cage bars non-stop. I thought that it might be his personality and he just didn't like being in a cage. I felt bad for him but I thought he was just a "screamer" as some birds are just really vocal which didn't really bother me that much. I started training him and ignoring him when he'd scream and rewarding him when he was quiet in his cage. He usually only went in it to eat and if I run errands a couple hours a day. Then I stared having trouble getting him to even go in the cage to eat and drink and that was very unnerving. I had to rig a travel cage dish to a vertical perch on the top of the cage to get him to eat (he didn't mind being out on top of the cage). About 3 weeks after got him his new cage arrived (about 5 days ago) and we put it together with lots of toys and play top ect and the cage is much bigger ofc. Since we got that cage he barely screams in it, excitedly goes into it to eat and when we leave, no longer chews on the bars non-stop or at all and seems to be generally happy when in his cage. He is soooo much quieter too and happier. I just wanted to write this post because some of you may think your bird is a screamer or hates their cage but it's possible that even if you have the recommended cage size for your bird, the fact is that YOUR bird may require a bigger cage to be happy. If you have a so called "screamer", you may want to think about getting a bigger cage to see if it helps. Please please consider this as a source of the issues of your bird. I could even see many more behaviors in Finley that were starting like biting when I put him in the cage and running and flying away from me when he knew I was about to put him inside the cage, please stop these behaviors dead in their tracks! Hopes story helps someone else and Happy Birding!
I would like to bring up an interesting point I found out about cage size.
When we 1st got Fin we had a smaller (but not THAT small) cage that the pet store recommended as the perfect size for a Nanday conure as a temporary cage until we found a nicer bigger one for him. After a couple of days I could barely get Finley to get into the cage and when I closed the door he screamed and bit at the cage bars non-stop. I thought that it might be his personality and he just didn't like being in a cage. I felt bad for him but I thought he was just a "screamer" as some birds are just really vocal which didn't really bother me that much. I started training him and ignoring him when he'd scream and rewarding him when he was quiet in his cage. He usually only went in it to eat and if I run errands a couple hours a day. Then I stared having trouble getting him to even go in the cage to eat and drink and that was very unnerving. I had to rig a travel cage dish to a vertical perch on the top of the cage to get him to eat (he didn't mind being out on top of the cage). About 3 weeks after got him his new cage arrived (about 5 days ago) and we put it together with lots of toys and play top ect and the cage is much bigger ofc. Since we got that cage he barely screams in it, excitedly goes into it to eat and when we leave, no longer chews on the bars non-stop or at all and seems to be generally happy when in his cage. He is soooo much quieter too and happier. I just wanted to write this post because some of you may think your bird is a screamer or hates their cage but it's possible that even if you have the recommended cage size for your bird, the fact is that YOUR bird may require a bigger cage to be happy. If you have a so called "screamer", you may want to think about getting a bigger cage to see if it helps. Please please consider this as a source of the issues of your bird. I could even see many more behaviors in Finley that were starting like biting when I put him in the cage and running and flying away from me when he knew I was about to put him inside the cage, please stop these behaviors dead in their tracks! Hopes story helps someone else and Happy Birding!
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