Amazon - possible fractured femur

[DonnaBudgie]

The cage manufacturers are terrible about making cages in sizes that serious parrot owners want. Generally they are too tall and too small. Or the bar spacing is wrong. Why can't they make a good cage 48"× 24" x 24"h? What you can do is get two cages of the correct height and bar spacing and put them together to make one larger cage.
You can attach them by drilling additional holes in the frame with an electric drill and use stai less steel hex nuts and bolts available at Home Depot or Lowes. You can use both door fronts and attach the cages side by side, taking out the wall in between them OR you can attach them one cage in front of the other and take out the back wall of one of them. You can use the second cage front for the new back wall. That way you can utilize the trays and grates from both cages.
If you really want stainless steel instead of powder coated it's going to even be hard to find the correct size of smaller cages to put together to make one shorter, longer, wider cage for Max.

Personally, I would buy 2 acrylic cages 24x24x24 from Penzonni Display Company and put them together to make one 48x24x24 cage. I have 4 of them and love them. I've put two together and it worked out very well. They can be outfitted with lots of climbing rings, ladders, perches and toys and all the bird debris remains inside. They have about 40 predrilled holes and built in Ventilation fans for air circulation. They also make a 24 x 36 x 36 model that id love to have but its very expensive. No. I'm not a salesperson for the company. I just like their product.

 

[Geslina]

The cage manufacturers are terrible about making cages in sizes that serious parrot owners want. Generally they are too tall and too small. Or the bar spacing is wrong. Why can't they make a good cage 48"× 24" x 24"h? What you can do is get two cages of the correct height and bar spacing and put them together to make one larger cage.
You can attach them by drilling additional holes in the frame with an electric drill and use stai less steel hex nuts and bolts available at Home Depot or Lowes. You can use both door fronts and attach the cages side by side, taking out the wall in between them OR you can attach them one cage in front of the other and take out the back wall of one of them. You can use the second cage front for the new back wall. That way you can utilize the trays and grates from both cages.
If you really want stainless steel instead of powder coated it's going to even be hard to find the correct size of smaller cages to put together to make one shorter, longer, wider cage for Max.

Personally, I would buy 2 acrylic cages 24x24x24 from Penzonni Display Company and put them together to make one 48x24x24 cage. I have 4 of them and love them. I've put two together and it worked out very well. They can be outfitted with lots of climbing rings, ladders, perches and toys and all the bird debris remains inside. They have about 40 predrilled holes and built in Ventilation fans for air circulation. They also make a 24 x 36 x 36 model that id love to have but its very expensive. No. I'm not a salesperson for the company. I just like their product.

Thanks, going to check this company out. I had not considered acrylic. I got a quote from Northwest - $4900.00 For stainless steel in the size I want, on a stand, manzanita play top… It sounds really nice, but yikes, that is a lot of money. More than I wanted to spend right now.

 

[DonnaBudgie]

This is one of my acrylic cages thst my budgies live in. It's 24x24x24 and they are happy. I love that all bird debris stays inside the large pull out tray. Last year I put two of them together (one behind the other) to make a double size and tje resident budgies could fly from end to end. The hanging rings satisfy their climbing needs. The cost about $500 each. Probably a bit more now.

 

[Geslina]

This is one of my acrylic cages thst my budgies live in. It's 24x24x24 and they are happy. I love that all bird debris stays inside the large pull out tray. Last year I put two of them together (one behind the other) to make a double size and tje resident budgies could fly from end to end. The hanging rings satisfy their climbing needs. The cost about $500 each. Probably a bit more now. View attachment 82319

That looks really nice….and from the inside, maybe the birds feel less like they are in jail! I would imagine you have to clean it from the inside a lot to keep the acrylic shiny and clear? I am also thinking a parrot won’t be able to climb like they do on bars…I am so worried about Max doing too much too soon and having problems healing, or even re breaking his leg, which the vet told me was a risk. An enclosure like this might be the best idea, even as just a temporary thing. if I don’t like it, I can always get something else later.

 

[Geslina]

I'm so sorry Max's prognosis isn't better, @Geslina. I've been in a not dissimilar situation, a few years ago with my precious little purple-crowned lorikeet, whose name was Lilly, she's the one you can see in my avatar pic and signature. She was a chronic egg-layer, and somehow alongside this condition she also began to suffer from kidney failure which no amount of dietary change or veterinary treatment seemed to be able to stop. I didn't know what to do for the best for her, her vet was one of the best if not THE best in Australia whom I had been going to for probably 30 years, and I had every confidence in him. He said he could perform surgery to try to flush out her kidneys, and that if I was going to go down that road better to do it sooner rather than later before it got any worse. He had barely opened her up when she suffered heart fibrillation, whereupon he stitched her up and tried to save her but could not. This was in January of 2022 and I still cannot write about this without crying, Lilly was my love, my heart, my world, my everything, and she was only three and a half years old when she died, when she should have had many more years ahead of her. Had I not gone ahead with the surgery I'd have had more precious time with her but the kidney failure likely would have killed her anyway and she'd have been in pain and I would not have wanted that for her. And there are so many others here who have faced similar seemingly "no-win" scenarios with their birds. I'm so sorry this is happening to you and Max, @Geslina, I guess I'm sharing Lilly's story to say that all we can do is be guided by the best possible medical advice we can get, and ultimately by what we feel is best for them. My heart is aching for you and Max, and I certainly will be praying for you both

Thank you for sharing this story, I did read it last week but I was so distracted and overwhelmed. I am 61 - no, wait, I was 62 in September - and in my adult life have lost several dogs and cats and each one is a heartbreak you never really get over. I just try to focus on the life they had, what else can you do? I had a friend who adopted a rainbow lorikeet, his name was Elvis, he was a riot! So much fun. They are like the clowns of the bird world, so much energy! Sorry to hear of you losing yours that way, but at least she had a good life with you and was obviously very, very loved, and I am sure she knew that.

 

[DonnaBudgie]

The plexiglass "cage" is made of separate panels the slide together via built in grooves. The top comes off the the panels can be slid up to take it apart. I take the cage apart every few months and bring the panels into the shower and wash
them and put them back together. You can wipe the inside and outside down with a bird safe cleaner or vinegar and water.

You can control how much he climbs around inside by the decor you use. I use panels of rope wrapped rings so they can climb up. There are many holes predrilled into the top to hang swings and toys. I find it safer for disabled birds that should limit climbing than a wire cage. I padded the bottom with old towels for my budgie who fractured her femur and put all perches low.

It is so much less messy than wire bar cages. The deep bottom drawer pulls out and I place paper right on the bottom instead of using the plastic grate that comes with it.