Baby bird coming home

My IRN is coming home in a few days, and the breeder has told me that he should be put in a smaller cage because he is just weaned, and in the cage he is currently in at the breeder's the perch is very low and his food bowl and everything is on the ground.

I didn't really prepare for this, and if I put him in the large cage I have ready will he be alright, or will be fall and injure himself? Or should I leave him in the smaller travel cage I have until he is better at perching?

Any advice would be good, thanks!

How old is he? You say he is fully weaned, was that abundance weaning or forced weaning?


The place I got Yoda from kept all their birds in cages with all the toys and food on the ground, and very little for them to climb on (no perches!). So when I brought Yoda home at 2 months old, and I put him in his (relatively) huge cage, he was a bit clumsy and nervous. Even with clipped wings though, if he fell he could flap to glide down and not get hurt. He grew in confidence and slowly but surely did more and more climbing around. Now, a year later, he's a real monkey.


In other words, your new guy might be clumsy and nervous at first, but he'll learn and get used to it. I think he'll be happier getting accustomed to his real home cage, rather than getting used to a cramped, temporary cage only to have it changed to a new cage just when he was getting to feel safe.



Make sure he has a variety of perches in his cage, at least one real branch (BIRD SAFE) and one rope perch. The little cheap dowel perches are harder for his clumsy little feet to hold onto and less comfortable. Beyond that, I wouldn't expect the large cage to be any problem at all. As long as it's not like some 12 foot long crazy huge thing.

Thank you so so much for your answer! I am definitely putting him in the big cage first

My little guy was abundance weaned, and I do have many different types of perches and toys in his cage, and no dowels at all. Thank you so much again for your answer!

As mentioned above you can certainly put him in the large cage if you have plenty of perches, and a way for him to climb from the bottom of the cage all the way to the top. Some of my perches overlap each other so my cockatiel can climb all the way to the top without much effort. Roper perches are soft and durable (if your bird doesn't chew on them).

Another thought (in addition to many appropriate perches in a larger cage) would be possibly to use a travel cage which will be smaller by default and you will eventually have to invest in one anyway for vet trips etc.

If he is truly abundance weaned then he is already an expert flier with absolutely no hint of being unable to perch.


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