Acrylic cages

[sullivanrio]

Am needing any input about acrylic cages. Sullivan has been in a wire care for his whole seven years ( or on top of one ). He spends all his time on the outside of the cage till we leave or bedtime.
I have an auto immune syndrome: Diabetic, RA, blah..blah..blah. Have developed Asthma. Was advised Sullivan must be re-homed..Well not going to happen. Wondering if an acrylic cage would be an option.
Afraid he would not like it. Are they to cut off from the world in a plastic box? NOt sure would be able to hear him. Have seen birds under glass in a pet store..looked kind of sad.
Would appreciate any input or experiences.

 

[_Cass_]

If you have breathing problems, the acrylic cages with built in air exchangers will help. Also, good quality hepa filters are an option. Stay away from birds that have powder type feathers (cockatoos,cockatiels, greys too name some). It can be done, but it may be more trouble than it’s worth. Only you can make the decision.

 

[antoinette]

So glad you are keeping your bird

I am not familiar with the acrylic cages sorry

Came across a link which might interest you

Baby Parrots, Macaw breeder, Parrot breeder, Cockatoo breeder

Hope this is helpful

 

[HRH Di]

I can't help wiht the acrylic cages, either, but I'm glad you're going to keep your bird.

 

[Auggie's Dad]

I think Cass is on to something.

A standard acrylic cage couldn't help you much: you need to limit airflow between your bird's cage and you. If a standard acrylic cage did this then your bird wouldn't be getting any air. The acrylic cages in stores only have the acrylic on one side where customers look through (or at least this is all I've every seen.)

You could have a well enclosed acrylic cage with an air filter - but that may be overkill depending on how bad your condition is. Just getting a couple good quality HEPA filters even with a 'standard' cage can make a world of difference. Also a good quality HEPA filter need not be expensive - when I had to find air filters I found the more expensive the systems just had more advertising and hype, but not actual quality.

I hope I don't offend anyone here, but there are many drastically overpriced 'ionic' this-or-thats with all kinds of vague adjectives thrown in their name and all sorts of pseudo-science (aka lies) used to back up their 'quality' but the fact is in actual unbiased testing the simple HEPA filters do just as well, or often better than the fancy contraptions.

 

[Bobby34231]

I'll start out by saying welcome to the forum Sullivanrio, most of the acrylic cages that I've seen on the market are either the ones that have just an acrylic front and wire bars on the side, or the all acrylic enclosers with fancy wood framing that have fans to circulate the air, the thing that scares me about those is, should you not be home and the electric goes out for some reason the bird could suffocate, to help keep down the dander, giving the bird a spary bath daily and using a HEPA type filter as mentioned should keep it under a tolerable level, using ionizers or ionic filters might only compound the problem, I found this article that might be helpful.........Im glad you haven't given up on Sullivan, I wish you the best of luck in finding a solution

Pet Birds and Air Purifiers

 

[sullivanrio]

Gosh, thank you all for your replies. We are exploring the option of a four season room or a bump out in the living room.

We use an air filtration system next to his cage and have a UV light on the furnace. We live in a very small house...so we are on top of each other ( which I love ) however...really breathing is so over rated.

Hoping for the best. Again thank you all.

 

[Bobby34231]

I'm really glad that you can still keep your sense of humor .....Good luck my friend, let us know how things progress

 

[SharonC]

It would be great if you can work it out...but, there's nothing as important as your health. Take care of yourself...

 

[madparrotwoman]

I'm not a fan of acrylic cages, they look claustophobic to me and they must get hot particularly in summer, having said that you must consider your health above this. I would think the filters would be a better more effective option.

 

[xaranth]

Have also been quite curious about acrylic cages, although ventilation and frustrated birds seem recurring issues (I'm just learning about all this, so thank you for the thread).

If you put together an acrylic cage, would you be willing to post a photo of it? I would be delighted to see someone having success with them.

Thanks much

 

[sullivanrio]

We have decided not to go with acrylic. Instead for allergy sake we have pulled up the carpet and are using a walnut bedding ( very easy to keep clean ). Just could not find anything we were 100% happy with. Sorry haven't anything to add, do not have any acrylic experience.