Post by easttex on Nov 16, 2015 5:52:41 GMT -5
You can reduce the stress of changing cages by setting them up side by side for a while, if you're able to do that. Little by little, move items to the new cage, maybe starting with a favorite toy, until he has to go there to eat. Once he is coming and going from the new cage, he won't mind the change so much.
When I first got my then-21 year old, Peppy, he was in a cage that was so awful I thought it was a health and safety issue, so I had to move him fairly quickly, even though he was cage-bound. For the purpose I used a cage that was not terribly different from the first, but a bit larger and a whole lot cleaner. I used the above technique, except that as soon as went into the new one, I took away the old one. He made the transition fairly easily. I now use that one as his sleep cage.
For daytime use, I have the first one on your list. I think several of us here have that. I like it, though Peppy is not one to clamber around a lot, so most of the horizontal space is wasted on him. In fact, I had to lower everything when he started having problems perching, and that makes it harder to get his toys where he can reach them. It's sturdy and easy enough to clean. Any of them on your list look fine to me. I just would not go bigger than 3/4" on the bar spacing.
Peppy was more reluctant to make this change than he was the first, but he accepted it. I highly recommend the move to stainless steel from plastic food bowls. They are so much easier to keep clean.
When I first got my then-21 year old, Peppy, he was in a cage that was so awful I thought it was a health and safety issue, so I had to move him fairly quickly, even though he was cage-bound. For the purpose I used a cage that was not terribly different from the first, but a bit larger and a whole lot cleaner. I used the above technique, except that as soon as went into the new one, I took away the old one. He made the transition fairly easily. I now use that one as his sleep cage.
For daytime use, I have the first one on your list. I think several of us here have that. I like it, though Peppy is not one to clamber around a lot, so most of the horizontal space is wasted on him. In fact, I had to lower everything when he started having problems perching, and that makes it harder to get his toys where he can reach them. It's sturdy and easy enough to clean. Any of them on your list look fine to me. I just would not go bigger than 3/4" on the bar spacing.
Peppy was more reluctant to make this change than he was the first, but he accepted it. I highly recommend the move to stainless steel from plastic food bowls. They are so much easier to keep clean.
I come home and all of her poops are in the same place. She just sits there patiently with the occasional excursion to go eat.
