Cage placement

[jensea]

Where have you found to be an ideal spot for your 2's cage? What about near windows or exteriors doors like sliding glass or french doors?

I'm trying to rearrange our family room

 

[riddick07]

You just have to be careful of drafts and getting a little too warm sitting in the sun if there isn't any escape/shade.

My mother had her one too in front of the sliding doors in our old place. She had a blanket over her to keep drafts off her and partially covered for shade on the one side.

 

[Siobhan]

We had Rocky's cage at one end of the living room, where the breeze from the front porch could blow in, during the summer. We don't have a/c. When fall came, we moved him to the other end of the living room, where he can still look out the windows, but there's not going to be a draft this winter when the front door is opened and closed. He wasn't too happy about being moved, but he's adjusted to it now. I think having windows to look out of is important. All my birds have access to windows so they can see what's going on, and Rocky seems to think part of his job is to notify us when the garbage truck or mailman or visitors appear.

 

[Mimsy01]

Ours are in front of a glass slider door during the warm months, it has a large eave above it, so the sun never gets really strong there. When it starts to get really cold I move them across the room, which they are not really fond of, but it's warmer.

 

[jensea]

Makes sense to move during season changes. It's getting chilly here and he's currently near the french doors. What about heating/air vents? How close is too close? Ours are in the floor and under Windows.

 

[Scott]

They do enjoy looking outside at the scenery and wildlife. I keep the cages a safe distance from the window as they love chewing the horizontal blinds and associated mechanisms as well as the structure. (in CA they seem lead free as the packaging states safe for children and they lack a "Proposition 45" warning of harmful substances) All of my cages are at least a stretched beak's length of walls as they love to strip the paint!

Proximity to climate vents/registers is important. In my temperate climate the heat vent is built into the wall near the ceiling. Cold-weather baseboard or wall heaters may be more problematic as they can radiate intense warmth.

Most floor cages have wheels to make movement easier!

 

[Mimsy01]

Thats the other reason I move mine across the room. It's gas heat, but it's right next to the sliding glass doors and I don't want them near it when it's on.

 

[Siobhan]

There's a register next to Rocky's cage but it doesn't blow right on him. He can reach the woodwork and has left his mark, LOL, but hasn't utterly destroyed it. Yet. He's actually pretty cooperative about that. Leaves a mark, we tell him that's not a toy and to cut it out, and he does, for the most part.