Cage advise

[DavidF]

Hi Everyone, I have a 19 year old caique. I've had her since she was about 4 months old. Her cage is a powder coated dome top measuring approximately 32x22x65. Its starting to show its age as there a few rusted areas (not in spots she can get to). However, I'm thinking of getting a new cage that is a bit smaller measuring about 22x22x60. I'd appreciate any thoughts on whether that's too small for her. I'll add that she isn't a typical Caique as she is a bit of a couch potato and doesn't play much in her cage by herself.

Thanks for any advice.

 

[Vampiric_Conure]

If she's out of her cage frequently, I wouldn't worry about it Still a fairly large cage!

 

[DonnaBudgie]

Personally, I think 21x21 is too small for any size bird unless they're out for most of the day.

 

[Era Richi]

My thoughts:
If this cage is her existing-room the most of the day, than this cage is definitively to small for such an normal energetic and brainfull bird. So smaller in this situation would be a bad choice.
If he is allowed to leave his cage for longer times a day, than the cage size is not very relevant, as it gets to be only the private resting place.

"I'll add that she isn't a typical Caique as she is a bit of a couch potato and doesn't play much in her cage by herself."
The incentives to play in souch a small cage will not be overbroding but boring over time as they loose their news-effect to the Individual. In case, he is most time caged in it than it is horizontal just 4 and 2 time the size of the bird. There is no size to do what a bird does also: flying ...

If he is a couch potato you could start to get her out of her lethargy by doing daily training for the brain with her so her neurons do not fall asleep and there is a highlight of the day.

But, maybe my assumptions are all wrong and she is realy just a sleepy individual.