Hi gang! Thank you for all of your recommendations and help. I ordered the flat top cage from birdcages4less last week and it arrives today! I may not be able to set it up until the weekend, but Iām very excited to introduce Pepper to his new home. I just hope he adjusts to the new cageās presence quickly!
I assume you went with the Palama model? I would be curious how you like it once its set up.
I'm in cage search mode myself and have looked at a couple of the dome tops at BirdCages4Less, as well as the dome top 9003223 model from Kings Cages. I think my bird may be a little bigger than yours (mine is an Amazon. And I do respect the recommendations from Sailboat, but am struggling with the idea of switching from dome top to play top.
The two I am currently comparing is the Kings Cage 9003223 (900 depicts dome top and 3223 depicts 32"x23") with the cage Sailboat has, the Lani Kai Play top.
The differences are suttle, but are there. The most obvious is the door size of the Lani Kai. Its much more to my liking. The Kings Cage is smaller, but not nearly as restrictive as the A&E/HQ counterparts.
The Lani Kai is just an inch smaller in both interior width and depth, and the King is 5" taller, but slightly misleading because that is likely due to the additional height of the dome (so only to the center). The trade off, of course, is the play top.
The dome top is more an aesthetic thing for me. Yes, you might be able to add a perch in that area, but there is a slight amount of additional headroom in a dome top. The play top is nice, but this might not fit everyone's taste, as it does block light from above, and a play area can certainly be added to a curved top with some creativity.
Other advantages, in my opinion to the Lani Kai is both bar spacing (3/4" vs. 5/8") and bar guage (5mm vs 4mm)
But the biggest advantage may be price of the play top from BirdCages4Less. I live in Texas, and even though customer service said I would be charged sales tax, none was added up to the point of me pressing a commit to purchase. Whereas, I would be getting a Kings Cage from my local pet store with a hefty 8.25% sales tax. My local pet store has indicated that would take my older smaller cages in for trade value, which might offset that sales tax some. But you never know until the deal is done.
The Kings Cages will be at my pet store (dome top) within a week. In the meantime, I'm still considering these two different models. I think either company builds and supports a good line of cages.