Which cage for single black capped conure
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Jen5200
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Just my opinion, but I prefer the top one with the catcher around it. I have one similar and the size feels reasonable for a conure (I have Bindi in one similar to it) and the play top can be nice to have. I also have the cage in the lower picture, which I use as a spare cage for when I bird-sit my in laws cockatiel. It feels quite a bit smaller than the one above it. I find the mess around the one with no seed catcher to be a pain. I have seed catchers around my two large cages and was surprised how much difference it makes with the mess. My experience for what it’s worth 
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I have the top one for my Sun Conure and it's wonderful! He loves it.
Carl_Power
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Top one. Dont deny him the playtop
Kiwibird
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- 1 BFA- Kiwi. Hatch circa 98', forever home with us Dec. 08'
Top one. Bottom one seems more suited to several budgies than a single conure.
Do people use those? We tried on Kiwi's second cage for a few weeks and I kept smacking my legs into the corners, which were like razors. Food/wood chips from toys still made it outside the cage, the only thing the "seed catchers" caught was a whole lot of poop, which was hard to clean unless you took all the seed guards off to clean each piece individually. We took them off and never even bothered to install them on his current cage. I personally prefer a hard, easy to clean surface protecting the floor under the cage.
Do people use those? We tried on Kiwi's second cage for a few weeks and I kept smacking my legs into the corners, which were like razors. Food/wood chips from toys still made it outside the cage, the only thing the "seed catchers" caught was a whole lot of poop, which was hard to clean unless you took all the seed guards off to clean each piece individually. We took them off and never even bothered to install them on his current cage. I personally prefer a hard, easy to clean surface protecting the floor under the cage.
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For those of you that have the top one, what is the measurement between the bars? When I asked the place I want to buy it from, they where absolutely no help. I wanted to know the distance between the bars, not center to center, or outside to outside. All they said is bars are .7" apart. I hope that is okay for a black capped conure.
Carl_Power
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Just over an inch. Absolutly fine for a Conure x
MonicaMc
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I prefer flight cages personally... especially great for small conures!
At minimum, something like this
13221 White - 32"x21"x63" Flight Cage & Stand
But there are also these cages
MA3221FL Platinum - 32''x21''x61'' Elegant Flight Cage
OR these ones
MA3824FL Platinum - 38''x24''x67'' Elegant Flight Cage
Or another design.... CF-3422 from Centurion Aviaries
http://www.centurionaviaries.com/images/CC-3422sml.jpg
Centurion Cage & Aviaries | Cages
At minimum, something like this
13221 White - 32"x21"x63" Flight Cage & Stand
But there are also these cages
MA3221FL Platinum - 32''x21''x61'' Elegant Flight Cage
OR these ones
MA3824FL Platinum - 38''x24''x67'' Elegant Flight Cage
Or another design.... CF-3422 from Centurion Aviaries
http://www.centurionaviaries.com/images/CC-3422sml.jpg
Centurion Cage & Aviaries | Cages
clark_conure
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- A crossover Quaker Scuti (F), A Sun conure named AC, A Cinnamon Green Cheek conure Kent, and 4 budgies, yellow (m), clark Jr. (m), Dot (f), Zebra(f).
A conure is going to be want tovbe with you 24 /7 anyways, some days I wonder why I even bought a cage.....
Never the less it's like a mattress a conure is going to live 30 to 200+ years (mine will anyways) so go all out and get something you can both enjoy.
A lot of times a see a tool or multimeter that has say 15 functions for x dollars, and another one that does 17 functions for x+50 dollars. I always go with the best.
Never the less it's like a mattress a conure is going to live 30 to 200+ years (mine will anyways) so go all out and get something you can both enjoy.
A lot of times a see a tool or multimeter that has say 15 functions for x dollars, and another one that does 17 functions for x+50 dollars. I always go with the best.
