Stainless Steel Cage Question for Green Cheek Conure

[TMiller]

Hey Everyone! I am looking into getting a stainless steel cage for a green cheek conure. I am having a lot trouble trying to locate one with the correct bar spacing, that is still large enough for a green cheek. I know I need bar spacing of 1/2 inch, 5/8 max as I've seen too many horror stories of people's green cheeks getting stuck in 3/4 bar spacing. Any cage that I've seen that looked good that listed its bar spacing as 5/8 turns out had incorrect information on their site (including A&E and bird cages for less...verified with phone calls to the companies). Has anybody been successful in finding a cage that matches these parameters? I know the cages run for a couple thousand, which is fine. I'm willing to pay this as my last green cheek (lived for 17 years) ended up with toxicity issues due to finding spots with rust on his cage. I replaced his cage at least 5 times due to rust issues, but my green cheek really loved playing in his water and getting it everywhere. Any help is appreciated.

 

[LaManuka]

Welcome to the forums, @TMiller, though I am sorry to hear of the loss of your GCC. I have two identical medium sized stainless steel cages made by Caitec (or Featherland as they're known here in Australia), they have 5/8th inch (16mm) bar spacing which is suitable for my two cockatiels and my princess parrot. The mediums size is suitable for a GCC, I also have my TINY varied lorikeet (the size of a budgie) in one and he has never got his head stuck. I do like them and the medium size is a great size for a GCC, even my princess parrot with her VERY long tail has plenty of room. They are, however, VERY heavy and awkward to move without help from my hubby, particularly when it comes to getting them outside for power-washing. And the wheels are almost totally useless for such an expensive cage so I replaced them with casters from my local big box hardware store and they work MUCH better just for moving them around the house. Here's a pic - ignore the eclectus in the photo as I'm quite sure it's ai-generated and not to scale!!

I've had mine about 10 years and they do develop little bits of rust occasionally but that's easily taken care of with a bit of steel wool. Oh and just recently two weld spots have come loose on one of them and I am having a devil of a time finding someone to fix them I guess if I was to give them a rating I'd say four stars out of five, but overall I'm still pretty happy with them Oh and I know a lot of folks don't like the dome top but I believe you can get a flat play top option, though that does seem to reduce the inside space. I attached a couple of seagrass mats to the dome tops on mine and my guys are able to climb and play on top of them no problem.

 

[DonnaBudgie]

Caitec has 1/2 inch bar spacing on some of their stainless steel cages. Ellicott Manor cage looks perfect.

 

[TMiller]

Thank you!! I will look into Caitec

 

[TMiller]

Welcome to the forums, @TMiller, though I am sorry to hear of the loss of your GCC. I have two identical medium sized stainless steel cages made by Caitec (or Featherland as they're known here in Australia), they have 5/8th inch (16mm) bar spacing which is suitable for my two cockatiels and my princess parrot. The mediums size is suitable for a GCC, I also have my TINY varied lorikeet (the size of a budgie) in one and he has never got his head stuck. I do like them and the medium size is a great size for a GCC, even my princess parrot with her VERY long tail has plenty of room. They are, however, VERY heavy and awkward to move without help from my hubby, particularly when it comes to getting them outside for power-washing. And the wheels are almost totally useless for such an expensive cage so I replaced them with casters from my local big box hardware store and they work MUCH better just for moving them around the house. Here's a pic - ignore the eclectus in the photo as I'm quite sure it's ai-generated and not to scale!!

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I've had mine about 10 years and they do develop little bits of rust occasionally but that's easily taken care of with a bit of steel wool. Oh and just recently two weld spots have come loose on one of them and I am having a devil of a time finding someone to fix them I guess if I was to give them a rating I'd say four stars out of five, but overall I'm still pretty happy with them Oh and I know a lot of folks don't like the dome top but I believe you can get a flat play top option, though that does seem to reduce the inside space. I attached a couple of seagrass mats to the dome tops on mine and my guys are able to climb and play on top of them no problem.

Can this cage be used without the stand or does it have to be on the stand?

 

[LaManuka]

Can this cage be used without the stand or does it have to be on the stand?

Cage and stand are all one unit, so the total height from floor to the highest point on the dome is a little over 62 inches, including the wheels. That's about an inch taller than me, which I thought may be a problem at first but it really hasn't been.

 

[TMiller]

Cage and stand are all one unit, so the total height from floor to the highest point on the dome is a little over 62 inches, including the wheels. That's about an inch taller than me, which I thought may be a problem at first but it really hasn't been.

Good to know. Thank you.