Cat-proof cage for Amazon

kozykitty

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Gloria, BFA, adopted on Jan. 9, 2016 when she was 30 years old
. Her mom went to a nursing home.
Also have 2 cats (Rangerand Luna) and a 24 year old aquatic turtle, named Elvis.
I am adopting a 30 year old BFA. She comes with a cage on a stand that isn't very big. I'd like to get her a larger cage--not huge--but something that would be good around our 3 cats. My thinking is that I would need one that is on a stand and has seed guards so the cats could not reach it. I suspect they may actually be afraid of the bird anyway but I don't want to take any chances. Gloria (the BFA) will come home on a Saturday and I will set up her current cage a few days ahead (she is not living in her cage right now). I can monitor the cats on the weekend and move Gloria to the spare bedroom when I go to work on Monday. Ultimately, I would like to be able to keep her in her cage in our family room when I'm not home if the cats don't seem to be interested. The cage will be against a wall and won't have any other furniture nearby that the cats could jump on. They are indoor cats who tend to be couch potatoes anyway. Gloria will never be out of the cage unsupervised with them.

Any suggestions, links, photos of an appropriate cage would be appreciated. I would love one with a cage top play area. I've heard from a number of parronts here that have cats and Amazons living peacefully in the same house!

Thanks for any help!
 
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kozykitty

kozykitty

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Gloria, BFA, adopted on Jan. 9, 2016 when she was 30 years old
. Her mom went to a nursing home.
Also have 2 cats (Rangerand Luna) and a 24 year old aquatic turtle, named Elvis.
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Thanks. That's about the size I was thinking about. I guess I could put plexiglass or some kind of guard around the bottom of the cage below the seed guard which would keep the cats from being able to get close. I assume that they make such a thing or I could just rig something up myself.
 

ToMang07

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I don't think anything is cat proof. I have 5 in my house, (2 are mine, FTR) and although the cats don't bother the bird, they occasionally will jump up on the cage (at night, scaring the crap out of me and the bird) and the cage is as tall as a fridge, with a play top on it. Skirts on the bottom, too.
 
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kozykitty

kozykitty

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Columbia, Maryland
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Gloria, BFA, adopted on Jan. 9, 2016 when she was 30 years old
. Her mom went to a nursing home.
Also have 2 cats (Rangerand Luna) and a 24 year old aquatic turtle, named Elvis.
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Sounds pretty cat-proof to me -- in that the cats cannot reach the bird.
 

Taw5106

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Water, spray bottle with a long shot. Nothing is cat proof. I'm not a cat lover but grew up with cats, I can clear a room of cats in seconds with my voice. I find water with a dispenser is great. It needs a long shot so a water gun like a super soaker works well.
 

OOwl

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Taw5106, I giggled imagining you clearing a room of cats with just your voice. :) I don't have cats but I know quite a few and know how dedicated they can be when investigating something. I admire you folks that keep parrots and cats, though. Ever vigilant, I'm sure.
 
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kozykitty

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Dec 29, 2015
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Columbia, Maryland
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Gloria, BFA, adopted on Jan. 9, 2016 when she was 30 years old
. Her mom went to a nursing home.
Also have 2 cats (Rangerand Luna) and a 24 year old aquatic turtle, named Elvis.
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Some cats just ignore other creatures. My males are like that. The young female is the mouser. The boys just sleep through it all and let her do all the work. I suspect it may be this way when the parrot comes here. The cage will come here first. I figured I'd set it up 3 days to a week ahead of time and I will cover it at night just to get the cats used to it.:green:
 

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