Cage for a Senegal????

[ryanpeddle85]

Hey guys new to the forum just a quick question is the largest new vision model cages suitable for a Senegal? its 30" long x 14" wide x 36" High. I also have another cage 18" long x 18" wide x 30" high which would suit Caesar better?

 

[friedsoup]

Size as large as you can afford is good it's bar spacing you need to watch nothing over 3/4 in

 

[Karigan]

The first sounds like a few inches off what my girl has, and it's plenty of room for her tow run around and play in.

 

[ryanpeddle85]

thanks a lot i figured the bigger the better. Just making sure it was wide enough. Iam in the market for a big powder coated play top cage just waiting for a good craigs list deal.

 

[ryanpeddle85]

these are the two cages if it helps any

 

[Karigan]

The first one looks okay, he'll be happy until you find a nice powder coated one!

 

[Shade]

To be honest, I would be concerned about the bars of the Vision cage to be a little weak for the beak of a Senegal, and all those plastic bits would probably be easy to break for it. The 18" x 18" is a bit small; I had one like it for my Senegal when she was a baby and was getting over a leg injury but she did need something bigger when she was all healed up.

 

[MonicaMc]

For medium sized birds, within the 100-180 gram range, the A&E/HQ Flight cages aren't bad! They are 23" x 32" and 35" height? Plus a stand, which separates from the cage.

For larger cages and/or slightly larger birds (up to 400 grams or so?), I recommend the 32x23 playtop/dometop cages that are built as 'one piece'. You can take them apart, but the only removeable part should be the tray(s) and cage grate and/or playtop. The legs of the cage is part of the entire frame of the cage.



Think of the cage as what the bird will be spending at least half of his life in for several years, unless you upgrade! Once you put in perches, toys and dishes, it tends to get a little crowded... and the bird will be in this cage when he/she is sleeping, when no one is home and/or when no one has the time to safely supervise him!


When I think of bird cages, I try to picture myself in either a closet or a bedroom... and then try and think about the size of the room and what all I could put in it... I'd rather be in a large bedroom with a bed, dresser, computer, tv, maybe a minifridge to be lazy/enjoy at leisure, etc rather than stuck in a closet where I can't move around very well and there's hardly any room to put anything... and then to think about how many hours I'll be in this space for... well, a closet/small space doesn't sound very appealing!