To all HQ Bird Cage’s owners – Toxicology Report

Recently I bought a bird cage for my finches that I ordered from www.hqbirdcages.com. I can say that cage is really great and my finches feel excellent inside. But that is not what I keep in mind. Before I bought the cage I have read in some forums that it is very important the paint that is used to contain either only ultra-safe levels of toxic elements or none. Regarding to that I sent an email to HQBirdCages after the purchase of the cage where I asked them if there is any guarantee which proves the cage doesn’t contain toxic elements. Their answer was that the paint which HQ Bird Cages work with has been chemically tested and showed me this toxicology report: http://hqbirdcages.com/cage_toxicology_report.html.
I am not so competent but as much as I can understand everything seems to be okay and I am not supposed to have any worries. But I would be very grateful to anyone who is more competent in that field to help me in spelling out this report and to confirm that everything is in the normal limits. I am sure this information will be very useful for all HQ Bird Cage’s owners.

I looked at that report. I hope they gave you more information than that, there wasn't much there. It seemed to be just a test of lead levels in the different paints. They were very low, however the levels in the paint are only one thing - how much of it your bird ingests is another.

That being said we would all love to have a PERFECTLY toxin free environment for our birds, but the reality is that such an environment does not exist on earth. It always irks me when people say "ooooh but it has SOME toxin in it," then they blow it out of proportion. Everything has SOME 'toxins'. So our aim should be to ensure the levels are very low (ie below that which our birds would face in their normal environment.)

Based on my admittedly limited knowledge of HQ cages they seem to be bird safe but please do keep hunting and asking questions. Also consider that finches will not likely pick at or chew the cage bars nearly as much as a parrot.

Healthy food and good air quality will be of a much bigger impact on your birds health than anything else. Air fresheners of all sorts, aerosols, cooking vapors, candles, etc - these are the major concerns for toxins.

Good luck, and keep us all informed if/when you get more data.

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