your opinion please

[hacatta]

hi,i am thinking of purchasing an aluminium cage,well little aivery.
The cages i have now are about half a year now and thanks to my birds daily bathing's ,they are already rusting in the bottom.
This isn't the first time ,1 pair is on their second cage and i have my birds for 2,5 years now.
i have been thinking about saving up for ss but i have asked around and they don't really make them for conures,the closest i came was a cage off 1200 euro's that was a third since of what they have now.
Thus i thought why not just set up an aivery in my room,now what do you think?
Are their others that have done this?
Also what to use at the bottom,stones?

 

[Phlox]

I once had a free flying bird room. I think to do it correctly, you'd need to spend more than buying a good cage. It is a lot of work to keep clean, even with tile/linoleum flooring.

It's weird for a cage to rust so quickly if its well made. I use mostly the standard powder coated steel type and some are quite old with no rust at all.

 

[hacatta]

the cages i have are from one off the best brands there is in my country and costed me about 500 dollars a cage.

 

[Phlox]

Where are you located? I'd be happy to check online and give some suggestions. Otherwise you could have them re-coated if that's an option where you are. What do you use to clean? Just misted water alone really shouldn't do that.

 

[hacatta]

it is not rusting in the cage but the underpart.
i use a steam cleaner,and i am located in the netherlands.
But it is my birds bathing habit that is causing it.